AKHTALA MINE PLANS TO INCREASE COPPER CONCENTRATE OUTPUT TO 1,600 TONS NEXT YEAR
YEREVAN, November 19. /ARKA/. Akhtala mining factory is planning to
increase its copper concentrate production output to 1,600 tons in
2015, head of mineralogy at the factory Vazgen Vardanyan said at a
discussion in the office of the minister of economy Karen Chshmarityan.
Number of staff was 650 in 2013 and is some 750-800 people today,
Vardanyan said. The factory produced 1,000-1,100 tons of copper
concentrate in 2013 and is expected to produce 1,200 tons this year.
According to 2015 development plans, copper concentrate production
output is to be brought up to 1,400-1,600 tons, he said.
Vardanyan also said new methods and equipment are being applied in
the factory to ease the workload.
A geological prospecting is under way to expand operations, he said.
At the time Akhtala mine provided 30% of ore concentrate in the Russian
Empire. Today its products are both sold inside Armenia and exported
to a number of countries. -0--
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YEREVAN, November 19. /ARKA/. Akhtala mining factory is planning to
increase its copper concentrate production output to 1,600 tons in
2015, head of mineralogy at the factory Vazgen Vardanyan said at a
discussion in the office of the minister of economy Karen Chshmarityan.
Number of staff was 650 in 2013 and is some 750-800 people today,
Vardanyan said. The factory produced 1,000-1,100 tons of copper
concentrate in 2013 and is expected to produce 1,200 tons this year.
According to 2015 development plans, copper concentrate production
output is to be brought up to 1,400-1,600 tons, he said.
Vardanyan also said new methods and equipment are being applied in
the factory to ease the workload.
A geological prospecting is under way to expand operations, he said.
At the time Akhtala mine provided 30% of ore concentrate in the Russian
Empire. Today its products are both sold inside Armenia and exported
to a number of countries. -0--
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/akhtala_mine_plans_to_increase_copper_concentrate_ output_to_1_600_tons_next_year/#sthash.Myw3D6CM.dpuf