For the first time in the last two years, the Bystrinsky mining and processing plant (MPP) shipped products to a Russian company, said Zhargalma Badmazhapova, acting minister of economic development of Trans-Baikal region, as reported by TASS.
Previously, the MPP, a subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel group, mostly supplied its products to China.
“The ministry of economic development of the Trans-Baikal Territory is constantly in touch with all enterprises in the region. Indeed, according to our data, Bystrinsky MPP shipped iron ore concentrate to Evraz for the first time in the last two years,” Badmazhapova noted.
Evraz is a vertically integrated metals and mining company with assets in Russia, the USA, Canada, the Czech Republic and Kazakhstan, and is one of the largest steel producers in the world.
Bystrinsky MPP is one of the largest mining and processing enterprises in the Far East, its processing plant has a capacity of 10 million tons of ore per year. In 2021, the Trans-Baikal division accounted for 17% of Norilsk Nickel's total copper output.
Theodor Lisovoy, Editor in Chief of the European bureau, Rough&Polished
