Reddragmet Engineering is commissioning manufacture of tungsten concentrate of tail dumps of Bom-Gorkhonskaya Processing Factory in Zabaikalye region. The company specialists have already started assembling two processing modules. The trial commissioning is scheduled for May 15. The company plans to extract tungsten concentrate from waste. The total volume of tail dumps of the factory is…
The government decree dated March 21 has made amendments to the government decree dated August 30, 2013 on the customs duties on exported goods. According to the amendments, the customs duty on the export of tungsten ore and concentrates is zeroed. The decree comes into effect in 30 days since its official publication and is…
In January-September Primorye region produced 1748 tons of tungsten concentrate, up by 33% YoY. Two enterprises are mining for the concentrate in the region – Primorsky Mining and Processing Works and Lermontovsky GOK LLC. Primorsky GOK produced 1513 tons of tungsten concentrate and Lermontovsky GOK – 235 tons. Primorsky GOK also produced 366 tons of…
The drilling has confirmed the reserves of tungsten and molybdenum at the North Katpar deposits in Karaganda region. According to Tau-Ken Samruk, the reserves total some 90 thousand tons of tungsten and 13 thousand tons of molybdenum. The main difficulty with the development of the deposit is the lack of processing techniques in Kazakhstan. So…
IFG Metals & Mining and the State Committee on Geology and Mineral Resources have signed an exclusive agreement on the prospecting and development of 7 tungsten deposits. Under the agreement a tungsten cluster will be created in Uzbekistan. Investments in 25-30 years will reach $300 million, and some 1500 jobs will be created. IFG will…
Tungsten trioxide reserves of Kazakhstan are estimated at over 2 million tons. The development of the industry began in 1970s. But the project was suspended in 1993 due to numerous economical and political reasons. So far 12 deposits have been prospected in the country. The largest of them are Verkhneye Kayraktinskoye and Severniy Katpar in…
The acting governor of Primorye region has signed the agreement on the development of tungsten ore deposits and the creation of the new enterprise – Malinovsky Mining and Processing Works. The agreement has also been signed by the Primorsky GOK CEO Vladimir Shagoyko and the director of its subsidiary the ore company AIR Vladimir Shepeta.…
Primorsky Mining and Processing Works will prepare a new project to develop tungsten ore deposit Skrytoye in Primorye region. This the company is forced to do as the budget has found no funds to reconstruct a road, without which the previous project cannot be carried out. According to the company deputy CEO on foreign economic…