Baikal Mining Company started construction of an infrastructure required to supply power to Udokan Mining & Metallurgical Plant during its operation. In particular, a 220kV substation “Bluzhdayuschy” of 146MW will be erected in close vicinity to the production area. Grading and levelling works have already been started at the construction site.

During his working trip to Kalar District of Zabaikalye Region on March 13, 2020, Alexander Kozlov, RF Minister of Far East and Arctic Development, visited construction sites of the future Udokan Mining & Metallurgical Plant.

This was reported by Valery Kazikaev, Chair of the Board of Directors of Baikal Mining Company, to Alexander Kozlov, RF Minister of Far East and Arctic Development, on March 13th during his working visit to Kalarsky district of Zabaikalye.

A theatrical festival of Evenki culture was celebrated on March 1, 2020 in Kyust-Kemda settlement at Lyuksugun lake as part of the Day of Reindeer Breeder.

Driving of deer population from Agdan Evenki community in Amur Region to the north of Zabaikalye took more than a month. 28 springing deer and 2 harts purchased out of the funds of Baikal Mining Company already arrived in six deer farms of Kalar District.

The assembly hall of Chara village – the regional center (Kalar District) – hosted a public hearing on the foundation of a preferentially protected natural area of regional significance – a natural landscape reserve “Ingamakitsky”.

First power was supplied to new Udokan MMP 220/35/10 kV substation.

Earlier Rosteсhnadzor signed Commissioning Readiness Certificate for electrical equipment.

Baikal Mining Company (BMC, part of USM Group of Alisher Usmanov) implementing Udokan Copper Project in Zabaikalye Region received the “Strategic Development” award in “The Star of the Far East” contest.

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.”