A new major industrial region may be established with the development of the Tomtor rare earth metals deposit and the Popigai impact diamond deposit.
Development and investments
New ore deposits discovered
The annual productivity of the Taimyrsky mine is now 4.25 million tons. To maintain the volume of ore mining, the enterprise is carrying out a set of work to replenish the raw material base. The project Replenishment of Retired High-grade Ore Mining Capacities during the ...
Coal field development starts in Taimyr
A positive conclusion was received by the package of the engineering documentation for the development of deposits of especially valuable coking coal from the Syradasay deposit in Taimyr. The ngineering surveys were carried out to prepare for the construction of the open pit and related infrastructure. ...
Nornickel and Russian Platinum signed partnership agreement
Back in March, the companies held a series of negotiations on reformatting partnerships, considering various possibilities to support Russian Platinum projects and its potential partners. It is reported that Nornickel will provide Russian Platinum with access to the company's infrastructure in the Norilsk industrial area on ...
Taimyr ecology to be studied
Scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences will comprehensively study the ecological environment of Taimyr and prepare recommendations on the best environmental solutions for the industrial companies’ operation in the Arctic region. The complex expedition to the peninsula will take place at the invitation of ...
Belarus wants to work in the Arctic
As gazeta-karelia.ru reported, for interaction in the Arctic regions, the non-profit organization Arctic-SG going to be involved. It was created in order to ensure a comfortable human presence in the Arctic and attract more personnel to the North using the advanced technologies of Russian and ...
Unmanned vehicles to appear in the Arctic
The head of the Military Academy of Logistics after Army General Khrulev Andrey Toporov said that in April this year, KamAZ successfully tested unmanned trucks in the conditions of the Arctic region. Taking to consideration the tests’ results, the army general and deputy defense minister Dmitry ...
Most powerful icebreaker to be built for the Arctic
It is reported that the cost of the icebreaker capable of breaking ice of four meters thick at a speed of two knots and laying a canal about 50 meters wide will be about 127 billion rubles. Moreover, its key task is to ensure year-round ...
New gas pipeline being built in Taimyr
The gas supply network renovation project is divided into four start-up complexes, within which they will replace the entire gas distribution network of the Nornickel production units. The construction of the first launch complex is underway. The design documentation for the new gas pipeline got a ...
A coal cluster to appear in Taimyr
Severnaya Zvezda received a positive conclusion from the State Ecological Expertise on a number of facilities of the Syradasaysky coal deposit, REGNUM news agency reported, citing Yenisei Siberia Development Corporation. The company is implementing a project in Taimyr to build the West Taimyr industrial cluster for ...