https://www.miningweekly.com

Tajik-Chinese gold project launch delayed to mid-2022

5th November 2021

By: Reuters

  

Font size: - +

A Chinese-Tajik antimony and gold mining joint venture has postponed its start-up until mid-2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and now plans to begin commercial production by next October, Tajik state metals firm Talco said this week.

Talco Gold, jointly owned by Talco and China's Tibet Huayu Mining Co, planned to start producing antimony, a metal used in batteries and fire retardants, from the Konchoch deposits in western Tajikistan in March 2020.

But the Central Asian nation and China then closed the bilateral border due to the pandemic, preventing the movement of equipment and workforce needed to complete the project.

Company chief executive Li Feng told reporters it expected to have all the equipment in place by the end of this year and spend the next few months testing it.

The venture plans to produce up to 21 000 t of antimony and 2.5 t of gold per year.

Edited by Reuters

Article Enquiry

Email Article

Save Article

Feedback

To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here

Showroom

CSIR International Convention Centre (CSIR ICC)
CSIR International Convention Centre (CSIR ICC)

CSIR International Convention Centre (CSIR ICC) - the leading conference and events venue in Pretoria/Tshwane.

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Hanna Instruments (Pty) Ltd
Hanna Instruments (Pty) Ltd

We supply customers with practical affordable solutions for their testing needs. Our products include benchtop, portable, in-line process control...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.042 0.786s - 110pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now