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…
A number of foreign investors have shown their interest in constructing copper-smelting facilities. According to the acting Prime Minister Nicol Pashinyan, such a project is very important for the country, as it will allow processing ore on the spot, without exporting it. At the same time, the finished products could find their customers not only…
The Federal Agency on subsoil use has announced an auction for the development and extraction of bismuth-containing copper-cobalt ores at the Western site of Kara-Jul ore lode in the Republic of Altai. The initial price of a 20-year license will be 413.07 million rubles. The Moscow-based company Altairudametall owned the license in 2006-2015. But the…
In January-August Russia exported 540 thousand tons of copper valued at $3551 million, up by 11.3% and by 27.9% YoY respectively. The volume of primary copper exceeded 80%. In August the average primary copper price was $5897 per ton, down by 9.4% YoY. Copper wire rod price was $6196 per ton, up by 4.3%. (Ukrainian…
