Olenegorsk Mining FIRST tonne of ore mined
Sam mine will come on line in the fall. Mine is prepared to top sewage treatment works for a year and eight months. To be implemented in the future a lot of tunnel works (total length of mining today is 4250 m).
According to the business plan Olenegorsky underground mine shall, before the end of the year to give out 100 tons of ore. And by 2009 reach a level of 2.5 million tonnes of ore a year, - said the head of the underground mine Olenegorskogo Borodin. At the moment, worked out a new long-term plan, and these figures are sure to be adjusted upwards.
Launched combine work for the extraction of ore from the deeper horizons Olenegorskogo field is the determining factor for the start of underground mining and other fields Olenegorskogo GOK.
