The Chief Expertise Service of Russia has reviewed the design documentation of the reconstruction of the copper-nickel ore mining enterprise and approved it. The Komsomolsky mine, a part of Norilsk Nickel, is situated in the Talnakh district industrial zone of the Norilsk city. Reconstruction will increase the mine capacity to 4 million tons per year.…
In 2018 Canadian Silver Bear Resources Plc, developing the Mangazeya project in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), produced 594,921 ounces of silver. Ore mining totaled 80,831 tons, and processing – 51,147 tons with the average content of 780 g of silver per ton. Last year the company sold 433,095 ounces of silver valued at $6.4…
Drazhnik LLC, a daughter company of Susumanzoloto, for the first time in its history put its dredger into operation in March (on March 25). Usually dredgers start working in late April. All the other 7 dredgers will be commissioned shortly. The company will be operating at 8 sites. Last year Drazhnik yielded 1803.6 kg of…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has produced rebars for the construction of the South-Urals State University dormitory. The new dormitory for 1.5 thousand students will be constructed in 2020. The building will consist of 2 sections of 11 and 18 storeys, with one-, two- and three-room blocks. (Ukrainian metal)
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has been awarded several medals and certificates at the 22nd Archimedes Moscow International Salon of Inventions and Innovative Technologies. The panel of experts and international jury at the 2019 Archimedes Salon awarded both MMK and the Central Research Institute of Structural Materials (CRISM) Prometey with a certificate and gold…
Russian holding Safmar invested about $130 million in construction of the Nezhinsky ore-dressing utility in Belarus, including a mine, an ore-dressing plant, electric power generation, railway, highway, housing and other infrastructure, in January-March, Safmar said. The entire project was estimated at $2 billion and the launch was slated for early 2020. Safmar said that it…
Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Plant, or ChelPipe, has signed a $200-million agreement to sell more than 150,000 tons of large-diameter pipes to Turkmengaz, the company said in a statement on April 8. The pipes will be used in construction of an about 200-kilometer pipeline on the territory of Turkmenistan. The first batch will be shipped in April-June.…
Turkmengeologia State Corporation of Turkmenistan has discovered iron ore deposits at the “Gyzylgaya-V” area of the Chagyl deposit in the Gyzylgaya settlement of the Turkmenbashi district in the country’s Balkan region. The presence of the corresponding components in the iron ore necessary for the production of cement has been confirmed. During the geological exploration work,…