Rostech has concluded an agreement to leave the project of the Udokan copper deposits development in Zabaikalye district. The state corporation had the option to sell 25% in the project by 2019. Back in June the corporation chairman Sergey Chemezov stressed that it might leave Udokan. Now Rostech explains the decision with the “optimization of…
To bring power to the mining and processing works at the largest copper deposits in Russia a high-voltage line will be constructed. According to the Baikal Mining Company, the Udokan deposits with the copper reserves of 27 million tons is the largest in Russia and one of the largest in the world. The annual capacity…
According to the Baykal Mining Company CEO Yuri Ryabov, the mining and processing works at the Udokan copper deposits will be commissioned in 2022. In a year it was expected to mine 6 million tons of ore. At the same time, some media reported that the commissioning would be postponed for a year. But the…
These activities imply comprehensive assessment of compliance of construction and operation of Udokan Mining and Metallurgical Plant with the environmental requirements established by the government of the Russian Federation with the aim to prevent negative impact that planned operation of the deposit might generate on the environment, including, among other things, recommended preventive and mitigation…
