As Deputy Construction Director of BMC LLC Sergey Zhilenko noted, “A transformer is one of the main elements of the power infrastructure that will provide uninterruptible power supply at all stages of Udokan MMP construction.”

Baikal Mining Company and JSC Far East Development Corporation have concluded a project implementation agreement for the development of Udokan copper deposit in Zabaikalye Priority Development Area. The document was signed by Chairman of the Board of Directors Valery Kazikaev and General Director of JSC Far East Development Corporation Aslan Kanukoev.

High-voltage power transmission line shall stretch for 22 kilometers from Chara settlement up to the construction site of Udokan Full-Cycle Mining and Metallurgical Plant.

Last Sunday more than 150 environmental activist volunteers cleared the coast of Lake Kenon from waste as part of All-Russian campaign “Water of Russia” which was held for the first time with the assistance of Baikal Mining Company.

Baikal Mining Company (BMC) signed a Contract Agreement with Renaissance Heavy Industries for construction of «Udokan Mining and Metallurgical Plant (Phase 1) with the annual capacity of 12 MMT of ore. Process Plant».
The Contract price is about RUB 28 bn.

The winners of the “Multifarious Udokan” creativity competition to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Udokan copper deposit discovery were awarded in Kalarskiy Museum of Local History. The creativity competition was initiated in May 2019 and held with support from Baikal Mining Company.

Domestic reindeer chipping program in Kalarsky District is being implemented as part of Baikal Mining Company’s project on support of indigenous small ethnic groups of the north of Zabaykalie. 

A whole range of necessary equipment, being approximately 130 items of machinery, including drilling rigs, excavators, haul trucks, bulldozers, autocranes, graders, crushing complex, etc., is engaged in construction of Udokan Mining and Metallurgical Plant.

Gazprombank, VEB.RF and Sberbank signed a syndicated loan agreement with Baikal Mining Company Limited Liability Company that is part of diversified USM Group (with the founder and main shareholder Alisher Usmanov) for Udokan Copper Project development.