Last year copper ore mining reached 103.2 million tons, up by 8.2% YoY. Copper concentrate output grew by 15.7%, to 12.9 million tons, and copper in copper concentrate – by 15.5%, to 580.6 thousand tons. At the same time copper-zinc ores mining dropped by 4.2%, to 4.8 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Over the past year, mining of copper ore rose by 8.2% YoY, to 103.2 million tons. The country produced 12.9 million tons of copper concentrates (+15.7%), 4.8 million tons of copper-zinc ores (-4.2%), and 580.6 thousand tons of copper in copper concentrate (+15.5%). The main copper ore miners are East Kazakhstan (37% of the total…
In January-November 2019 Russia exported 758.5 thousand tons of primary copper valued at $4830 million, up by 12.7% and by 19.3% YoY respectively. In November 2018 the price of primary copper was $5957 per ton, down by 9.2% YoY. The price of copper wire rod (wire) was $6083 per ton. (Ukrainian metal)
In the town of Sibay (Republic of Bashkortostan) a copper quarry will be flooded in 5-7 days. According to the mayor Rustem Afzalov, at present oxidizing processes in the quarry are being eliminated. In order to completely eliminated fires there it was decided to partially flood the Sibay quarry and the Novosibay mine. In a…
The State Expertise Service has approved the project to construct a mine at the Yubileynoye deposit. It is expected that 78,399 cubic meters of rock will be in development for 7 years. The reserves of the deposit are over 100 million tons of copper ore. At present Bashkirskaya Med LLC is developing some parts of…
The volume of private investments into the gold-copper deposit Peschanka in Chukotka Autonomous District will reach 268 billion rubles. 3 thousand jobs will be created. The Peschanka JORC resources are 9.5 million tons of copper and 16.5 million ounces of gold. (Ukrainian metal)
Raw copper and copper alloys exports in January-September dropped by 6% money-wise and by 17% volume-wise, all YoY. In 10 months Kazakhstan mined 85.5 million tons of copper ores, up by 5.4% YoY, 10.4 million tons of copper concentrate, up by 10.9%, and 4.1 million tons of copper-zinc ores, down by 1.7%. Kazakhstan is the…
Magadan region can offer gold-extractors to additionally develop its non-ferrous metals deposits. Copper extraction is a promising business in the region. Its reserves are estimated at 44 million tons. The region also has some reserves of lead, tungsten and other non-ferrous metals. Copper could be exported, as it was not hit by the sanctions. (Ukrainian…