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Norilsk begins design work at Bugdainskiy molybdenum mine, concentrator

February 06, 2012 - 12:19 GMT Location: London

KEYWORDS: Norilsk Nickel , Bugdainskiy , molybdenum , Yuri Filippov

Design work has started at Norilsk Nickel’s Bugdainskiy molybdenum mine and concentration plant in the Zabaikalskiy region of Russia, where it eventually plans to produce 9,000 tpy of molybdenum, the company said on Monday February 6.

Norilsk signed a contract with CJSC TOMC-engineering in December 2011, it said. Delivery of project documentation will be complete in November 2012. “The operations at Bugdainskiy are expected to start at the end [of] 2016, [and] in 2017 the production is...

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