Russia to mine huge copper deposit in Siberia

by The Manila Times

Oct 04, 2021 12:06 am

Udokan, Russia: In 1949, a Soviet expedition in Siberia was looking for uranium to supply the national nuclear arsenal when it stumbled on a vast deposit of copper.

More than 70 years later, a mining complex in Russia's Far East between Lake Baikal and the Pacific Ocean is finally due to launch operations next year.

COSTLY OPERATION This photograph taken on September 27, 2021 shows an interior view of the pilot industrial complex of the Udokan Mining and Metallurgical Plant in eastern Siberia’s Zabaikalsky region. AFP PHOTO

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