Ulaanbaatar
Erdenet Mining Corporation to commence major projects this year
Economy
Orkhon/MONTSAME/. Within its main directions of development,
Erdenet Mining Corporation plans to carry out technical and technological
modernization and commence capacity building projects with a purpose to
increase the ore reserve, reduce costs and improve competitiveness.
In producing value added
products, the Corporation will implement projects to expand repair shops,
produce cathode copper, and establish a plant to smelt copper concentrate and process.
Of them, the project on establishing a plant to smelt copper concentrate and
process will be implemented in 2020-2022.
Erdenet Mining Corporation intends to produce not only
cathode copper but also all kinds of copper wire and the parts of cables. "If we
find a solution for sulfur gas which emits from the copper smelting, the project
will be implemented in 2020-2023," said Kh.Badamsuren, General Director of ‘Erdenet
Mining Corporation’ state-owned enterprise.
