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Udokan mining and metallurgical plant, Russia

28th September 2018

By: Sheila Barradas

Creamer Media Research Coordinator & Senior Deputy Editor

     

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Name of the Project
Udokan mining and metallurgical plant.

Location
The project is located north of Zabaikalie region (Kalar district), in Russia.

Client
Baikal Mining Company.

Project Description
Udokan is the third-largest undeveloped copper deposit globally. The project has Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant reserves of 26.7-million tonnes of copper.

The project entails the development of a 12-million-tonnes-a-year mining and metallurgical plant. The plant is expected to produce about 130 000 t/y of copper on average in the first ten years of operation.

Processing of Udokan ores will be based on a flotation-hydrometallurgical flowsheet.

Potential Job Creation
2 000 jobs in all related sectors.

Net Present Value/Internal Rate of Return
Not stated.

Value
Not stated.

Duration
Stage 1 of the plant is expected to come on line in 2022.

Latest Developments
The project has started construction.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
TOMS Engineering (general designer) and Mekhanobr Engineering (engineering of process plant).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Baikal Mining Company, Sergey Karaulov, tel +7 495645 0045 or email s.karaulov@metalloinvest.com.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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