Baikal Mining Company started capital development with pre-production mining of ore in Zapadniy open-pit of Udokan copper deposit.

Last Tuesday the first meeting of the Public Council with the Federal Service for Environmental Control was held in the premises of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.

Members of the Council unilaterally voted for Julia Shabala as the Chairperson. She succeeded herself in this chair. Julia Shabala has been heading the Council since October 2016.

Udokan process plant construction site has received Ball Mill components to include large-size shell sections, main bearings, and other parts of process equipment supplied by a Finnish company - Outotec.

The Novaya Chara railway station in Kalarsky region of Zabaikalye has received a permanent customs controlled area.

Baikal Mining Company started construction of an infrastructure required to supply power to Udokan Mining & Metallurgical Plant during its operation. In particular, a 220kV substation “Bluzhdayuschy” of 146MW will be erected in close vicinity to the production area. Grading and levelling works have already been started at the construction site.

During his working trip to Kalar District of Zabaikalye Region on March 13, 2020, Alexander Kozlov, RF Minister of Far East and Arctic Development, visited construction sites of the future Udokan Mining & Metallurgical Plant.

Baikal Mining Company has finished the construction of a 60-meter bridge structure across Nirungnakan river.

Infectious disease module with overall area up to 1,200 m2 is under construction in the territory of Kalar district central hospital. Construction is performed based on prefabricated modules enabling to complete the works before the end of summer.

This was reported by Valery Kazikaev, Chair of the Board of Directors of Baikal Mining Company, to Alexander Kozlov, RF Minister of Far East and Arctic Development, on March 13th during his working visit to Kalarsky district of Zabaikalye.