Russia: ZEMZ repairs furnace No. 2

ZEMZ has repaired the furnace No. 2, an important part of the mill-1150 in the rolling shop No. 1. The furnace heats billets with the weight of up to 3.6 tons for the consequent rolling at the mill. The furnace is fueled with natural gas. Its output is 150 tons per day. As a result…

Kyrgyzstan: development of uranium banned

A ban was imposed on licensed areas provided for geological study and development of radioactive elements – uranium in Kyrgyzstan, the Information Support Department of the Government’s Office reported. The Prime Minister Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev signed a decree prohibiting work on licensed areas provided for geological study and development of radioactive elements – uranium until a…

Russia: Ukonik to yield first gold in 2023

Hort-V LLC (Moscow), which owns a license to develop the Ukonikskoye deposit in Zabaikalye region, intends to start extracting gold in 2023. Annual ore output will reach 800 thousand tons. The company plans to construct a gold-extraction factory with the design capacity of 2 tons per year in the first phase. Later the capacity will…