Members of Nornickel’s Board of Directors recently visited Bystrinsky in the Zabaikalsky Krai and presented plans to increase production capacity. The company currently processes up to 11 million tonnes of ore per year, producing up to 68,000 tonnes of copper, 245,000 ounces of gold and 1.7 million tonnes of iron in concentrate.
To achieve its goal of doubling ore processing, the company is building a high-pressure grinding roll (HPGR) shop. This 5 billion roubles technology will increase capacity by 350,000 tonnes of ore per year by crushing it into smaller fractions, which will facilitate the enrichment process.
The next step will be the construction of the second stage of the plant, which will increase processing by a further 1 million tonnes. In parallel, it is planned to increase iron recovery by 10-15%. The construction of a gold extraction plant and a third production line with a capacity of 5 million tonnes of ore per year is also planned for the future.
In addition to the Bystrinskoye deposit, several major copper mining investment projects are underway in the Russian Far East. These include the development of the Udokan deposit in Transbaikalia, the Malmyzhskoye field in the Khabarovsk Krai and the Baimskoye field in Chukotka. All of these projects are targeted for export to China.
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