Technoinvest Alliance has once again postponed the terms of launching the mining and processing works on the basis of the largest rare-earth metals deposit in Russia (Zashikhinskoye) – this time to late 2023. The terms have been postponed since 2014. Initially it was intended to start the construction of the works with the capacity of…
Technoaliance Invest, which will be developing the Zashikhinskoye rare earth metals deposit in Irkutsk region, intends to construct a chemical and metallurgical plant in the region by 2027. The project will be carried out in 4 stages. The plant will produce tantalum, niobium, ferroniobium oxides and zirconium concentrate. The capacity of the plant will be…
The State Duma committee on budget and taxes has provided for the first reading a draft law to stimulate the mining of rare earth metals. It will also help develop Yakutia economy. The draft law presupposes decreasing tax on the mining of natural resources when extracting rare earth metals. The bill could come into effect…
Technoinvest Alliance, carrying out a project to construct a mining and processing works at the Zashikhinskoye rare-earth metals deposit, is viewing the city of Sayansk as one of the sites to create the works. The city mayor Oleg Borovskiy has shown the potential investor the site for the construction of a new enterprise and enumerated…
The Russian government has decided to decrease the rare-earth metals ore mining tax. According to the chairman of the government Dmitry Medvedev, this will stimulate the mining of rare-earth metals. The tax is proposed to be decreased from 8% to 4.8%. “Some types of rare-earth metals are of strategic importance. But the development of their…
The Russian government’s commission has approved a bill that reduces the rate of mineral extraction tax (MET) for production of rare and rare earth metals to 4.8% from 8%, the government said in a statement. “The bill suggests reduction of the MET rate to 4.8% from 8% applicable to production of ores of rare metals…
In 2023 the Vostok Engineering LLC intends to start transporting ore from the Tomtorskoye rare-earth metals deposits in Yakutia. By that time a 68-km long ice-road ferry will have been constructed. The road will run through the Krasnoyarsk region to the port of Khatanga, and then the ore will be transported via the Northern Sea…
Albert Avdolyan has completely cleared the salary debts to the employees of the Hydrometallurgical Works (510 people) in the amount of 27 million rubles and to Intermix-Met LLC (170 people) for 9 million rubles. Avdolyan has also become the sole owner of the Yuzhnaya Power Company. All these companies are a part of the privatized…