Russia: Bashkortostan to get new copper quarry
A large copper ores quarry will be created near the Salavat-sovkhoz settlement in Bashkortostan. Aleksandrinskaya Mining Company has won a right to develop the deposit for 59.6 million rubles. The local environmentalists have asked the authorities to ban the development, as there is a Yakty-kul resort nearby. But the authorities claim that the company will…