Nornickel resumes production at a mine in Russia after a flood
After successfully dealing with the flood, Russian miner Nornickel, has resumed production at the Oktyabrsky mine. The mine’s workings have been drained; mining operations are...
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Gold mining operation in Russia so large it’s visible from space
Central Aldan is one of Russia’s largest gold ore districts, with the mineral occurring in numerous deposits, or “lodes,” in the fractured rock. One of...
Closure of Nornickel’s plant, Barents region’s biggest air polluter
Oligarch and Nornickel CEO Vladimir Potanin first announced the closure of the plant last fall, a move affecting about 800 workers. With just six weeks before the shutdown, only two...
Orsu Metals’ letter of intent for more assets in Russia
The Alexandrovskoye open pit gold mining project and mining processing plant – GOK assets are located immediately west of the Orsu Metals’s Sergeevoskoe project in...
KAZ Minerals’ issues around Baimskaya copper project because of new Russian infrastructure plan
The Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East & Arctic recently approved a multi-party complex development plan for new infrastructure in the region....
Polyus’ Sukhoi Log mine in Siberia has largest gold deposit in Russia
Sukhoi Log, Polyus’ gold mine contains a fifth of Russia’s entire gold reserves. The deposit, said the company, holds 40 million ounces of proven gold...
Russian gold output increased
Gold production in Russia increased in the first five months of the year, up 2.8% on the same five months of last year. Russia produced...
Russian mining company Norilsk had a second environmental issue
The first spill of Norilsk Nickel happened on May 29, and was so extensive that the Russian President Putin declared it a national emergency. The...
Mining companies in Russia reduce investments and postpone asset purchases
Russia, a major producer of dozens of metals for the global market, has so far managed to keep production largely unaffected at its main smelting...
JSC Pavlik, Russia, new gold processing plant
The planned 7 Mt/y plant will operate alongside the highly successful processing plant supplied by FLSmidth in 2013-14. FLSmidth will supply equipment across the complete...