Rašnikov COMMENTED ON INTEREST OAO MMK `` to the bowels of the Polar Urals
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) is studying the feasibility of the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district of projects related to the extraction of iron ore and energy projects. This, along with being a deputy presidential envoy in the Urals Federal District Viktor Basargin Salekhard, said Chairman of the Board of Directors of MMC Victor Rašnikov. First of all, the plant is going to analyze the situation with the extraction of iron ore in the Polar Urals in the Yamal - said Rašnikov. - In addition, there are serious MMK plans to increase production in the next year. This will consume an additional 200 megawatts of electricity.
We know large supplies of low-pressure gas in Yamal and want to explore its potential for electricity production. According to him, while all of these projects are in the theoretical stage. But to the concept of real investor Yamal CMI should first calculate everything, to prepare the base, and then make a decision, - said Rašnikov.
In turn, the governor of Yamal Yuri Neelov noticed Autonomous Region has long been waiting for investors for the development of the Polar Urals. MMK - support the metallurgical industry of Russia. And our autonomous district is very interested to have a plant in their partners.
Today the leadership of the Magnitogorsk plant came in order to study the situation on the territory of Yamal. Maybe later we get down to more specific conversation, - said the head of the Yamal .
According to Viktor Basargin, potential investors in the development of Polar and Polar Urals are also most ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy and petrochemical industry in Russia.
It was reported that the main purpose of the working visit in the Yamal-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi autonomous district deputy envoy Viktor Basargin is to discuss with the heads of Yamal and Ugra further work on the project Ural Industrial - Ural Polar. The decision on the development of the natural resources of the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains was approved at the meeting on socio-economic development of the Urals Federal District in May of this year in Chelyabinsk. At the end of the meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a list of instructions to the Government of Russia, according to which the project will begin to build a new mineral resources in the Polar Urals industry and the Polar Urals.
On a trip to Victor Basargin on Yamal and Ugra participating leaders MMK OJSC Siberian Research and Analytical Center and Yamal Railway Company, which is developing a project to build a railroad along the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains.
