"Bashkir Copper" is diversifying the raw material base

The complete installation of the foundation for the crushing and screening plant (DSU) is carried out on the "Novo-Petrovsky" building stone field, LLC "Bashkir copper». The works are expected to be completed by November 1, and then the installation of equipment is planned. Launch complex will be made in early 2014. The total cost of the project will be about 70 million.

"Back in June  2012 in the field have begun opening and development of commercial reserves that exceed 2 million tons. This volume will provide enterprises building stone for 7-8 years - says Chief Geologist, LLC "Bashkir copper" Alexander Fedodeev – the annual performance of the complex is 563 thousand tons of building stone, including 450 thousand tons of rubble and 113 thousand tons raw material in the form of uncrushed material. "

The resource base of "Novo-Petrovsky" will be used during the construction of underground mines, "Jubilee" and "Podolsky" fields, as well as of pouring roads. Career Dimensions are 300 m long and 150 m wide, the approximate depth is not more than 46 meters. The building stone extraction by drilling and blasting will be conducted with the use of drilling and crushing equipment. Special lifting devices will be involved in the production, as well as heavy-haul dump vehicles.

As experts say, the enterprise mobility unit and its location directly in the bowl career will minimize the cost of shipping raw materials to equipment.