#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Opening the mine field from the surface was carried out by vertical shafts VS-9, VZS-1 and VSS-1. In 1991, the Norilskshahtstroy trust created SPU-5 specifically for the construction of Skalisty. Its specialists began the construction of capital mining workings coming from VS-9.
The area mining and geological features greatly complicated the construction. In addition, it took place during the perestroika, when the lack of funding led to the freezing of facilities. Because of this, the deadlines for the first stage objects commissioning were constantly pushed back.
In the new century, the construction of Skalisty received a new impetus. In April 2004, the first start-up complex of the Skalisty mine was put into operation. The mine was included in a number of Norilsk operating mining enterprises.
Norilsk Nickel signed contracts with the German company Thyssen Schachtbau GmbH for the construction of ventilation shaft No. 10 (VS-10) and skip-cage shaft No. 1 (SKS-1). Their sinking was completed in 2018 and 2019. And the depths of both shafts exceeded the 2050 meters mark.
In 2018, the Skalisty mine became an independent subdivision of Nornickel Polar Division and the youngest mine in Norilsk.
Skalisty has about 60 million tons of rich ore, more than 20 million tons of cuprous ore, as well as disseminated ore. According to calculations, the reserves will last for more than 100 years.
The length of the existing underground mine workings is more than 100 kilometers. The main mining operations are carried out at a depth of 700–900 meters.
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Text: Svetlana Ferapontova, Photo: Nornickel Polar Division archive
