VEF-2025: 160 thousand tons of copper has produced "Udokan copper" since the launch of the enterprise
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Udokanskaya Copper, Valery Kazikaev, took part in the key session "Electricity for the development of the Far East", which took place on September 4 as part of the Eastern Economic Forum.
Two years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin, while at the WEF site, launched the work of the Udokan Mining and Metallurgical Plant, built in the Trans-Baikal Territory in one of the world's largest copper deposits.Since January 2024, the Udokan copper carries out regular supplies of high -quality copper concentrate to the domestic market and export - more than 160 thousand tons in copper equivalent.
Currently, the company continues to design the construction of the second stage of the plant.At the same time, the production capacities of the udokan will be able to produce over 500 thousand tons of copper per year, which will allow the company to enter the number of world's largest copper manufacturers.At the same time, the total investment in the development of the Udokan deposit will exceed 800 billion rubles.
“The power supply of the second stage is the construction of over 300 km of air lines and substations with a capacity of more than 200 MW in severe climatic conditions,” Valery Kazikaev said . He noted that over the past year and a half, the cost of building facilities of external energy infrastructure for the second stage of the Udokan has increased twice and now it is nowmore than 50 billion rubles.
The Session was also attended by the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Sergey Tsivilev and the Minister of Development of the Far East and the Arctic of the Russian Federation Alexei Chekunkov.
During his entry , Alexei Chekunov said that over the past ten years, the Far East has shown the accelerated pace of economic development exceeding the average in Russia.
The Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Sergey Tsivilev said that the new technological way in the world is robotization, the development of artificial intelligence, the development of cryptocurrencies, and causes increased demand for electricity.At the same time, the development of energy today is the main factor in the development of the Russian economy.
The discussion was also attended by representatives of PJSC Rosseti, representatives of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Energy, the Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, the head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), PJSC RusHydro, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, GK Rosatom, PJSC T Plus, LLC Baimskaya Management Company, etc.
The tenth anniversary of the Eastern Economic Forum started on September 3 and will last until September 6.The main theme of the VEF this year: "The Far East is cooperation in the name of peace and prosperity."The first within the forum was open “Street of the Far East”.
“The tenth time we open the Eastern Economic Forum & Lt; ... & GT;The entire Far East is changing: cities and villages, new investment projects are being created, new hospitals, schools, kindergartens are being built, infrastructure improves.The Far East becomes more comfortable and wealthy.We do all this thanks to the decision of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, who back in 2013 announced the development of the Far East by a national priority.I want to thank everyone who is participating in this work, I want to wish us new successes and all the best, ”said Yuri Trutnev, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation - President of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District, Chairman of the Organizational Committee of the Eastern Economic Forum during the opening of the Far East Street.
In 2025, more than 100 business events will be held, divided into seven thematic blocks.Within the framework of the sessions, the disclosure of the potential of human capital, the development of preferential regimes, logistics, infrastructure, the introduction of artificial intelligence, bioeconomics and additive technologies, the development of international economic and humanitarian cooperation, as well as other topics.
will be discussed.Source: https://75.ru/news/419125
