Russia: Severnoye Olovo to be liquidated

Severnoye Olovo, managed by Roman Abramovich’s Aristus Holding Ltd, decided to stop operating. The company had a license through 2028 to work at the largest tin deposits in Russia – Pyrkakai in Chukotka Autonomous District, but gave it up in November 2016. Pyrkakai reserves are estimated at 228.5 thousand tons of tin (the fourth place…

Russia: Seligdar denied buying Rusolovo

The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation has denied the claim of Seligdar to purchase up to 75.01% of the voting shares in the tin-mining company Rusolovo. Seligdar applied to the service in October 2016, stating that as the result of the deal it would own 100% in Rusolovo. But the FAS declined the…