Komi: Mining Creates New Jobs
The building of
Below are extracts from an article published by the Canadian Mining Journal:
RUSAL, the huge Russian producer, has announced plans to begin construction of the largest bauxite and alumina complex in Europe and
The project includes the construction of a 1.4-million-t/y alumina refinery in the Komi Republic’s Sosnogorsk region, and capacity expansion at its operating Middle-Timan bauxite mine up to 6.4 million t/y from the current 2.6 million t/y. The refinery will operate using state-of-the-art Bayer technology. The proven reserves of the Eurasia Middle-Timan bauxite deposit, the largest in
The Komi complex is expected to be commissioned at the end of 2009 and will create more than 10,000 new jobs.
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