Institute TOMS acted as one of the key sponsors of the 20th MINEX Mining and Exploration Forum that took place in Moscow on 9-10 October, 2024. The event was held under the slogan “People. Technologies. Mineral Resources”
This year TOMS team has crossed the world’s deepest lake Baikal on a swift-sailing yacht
TOMS specialists have visited the construction site of the copper plant MOF-3 of Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (Uzbekistan). The construction has been implemented within an investment project “Development of Yoshlik I deposit”. The deposit is rich in such valuable metals as gold, copper, silver, and molybdenum
Institute TOMS took part in an annual contest “Russian Mining Award” which is informally called “Mining Oscar”. The contest is aimed at an independent evaluation and promotion of the best achievements in various fields of mining and processing industry.
In October 2023, Institute TOMS participated in the 19th Mining Forum MINEX Russia 2023 held in Moscow
News
Startup of Stage II of the Pavlik gold plant and the Udokan concentrator plant
September 11, 2023, the President of Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, took part in launching two landmark mining projects. They are Stage II of the gold plant within Pavlik mining and processing complex, and the concentrator plant of Udokan mining and metallurgical complex. Both projects were implemented on the basis of the process solutions developed by Institute TOMS.
Pavlik deposit is located 370 km from Magadan in the Omchak river valley. It was discovered in 1942. As at the beginning of 2023, the total in-place reserves of the deposit equal 139 tons of gold and over 11 tons of gold in the ore stockpile. According to Pavlik gold ore company’s website, ramping up Stage II will allow the plant to increase total throughput to 12 million tons of ore with production of about 13 tons of gold per year. https://www.pavlik-gold.ru/media-center/news/4099/
The process design basis document for Pavlik processing plant (Stage I) was developed by Institute TOMS in 2009 on the basis of the obtained test results. In 2020-2022, Institute TOMS was involved in test works and finding process solutions for Pavlik-2 project. The efforts resulted in a process design basis document developed for treatment of the ore using a complex gravity-flotation-hydrometallurgy flowsheet. Besides conventional operations, this flowsheet integrates innovative processes (new flotation solutions, “hot cyanidation” etc.).
Udokan mining and metallurgical complex mines and treats the ore of Udokanskoye deposit – the largest copper deposit in Russia located in the north of the Trans-Baikal Territory. Due to the issues related to mining and geological conditions as well as complexity of the ores composition it was challenging to design a flowsheet which would ensure the highest possible economics.
Development of a process to extract copper and silver from the ores of Udokanskoye deposit dated back to the 1970s. Since 2006, most of the test works have been carried out on a pilot plant facility of Baikal Mining Company (today known as Udokan Copper). As a result of the jointly implemented research efforts and pilot trials, all basic input data were obtained that made it possible for Institute TOMS to develop the efficient flowsheet for processing the Udokan copper ore and recommend it in the process design basis document. The suggested process flowsheet is a unique sequence of flotation, leaching, and SX-EW operations allowing for every process property of the ores, mining and geological conditions, technical aspects, and economics of copper production in this project. At this point, Institute TOMS has already developed process solutions (a process design basis document) for Stage II of the plant aiming at 24 Mtpa throughput. Stage II startup is scheduled at 2028.
As stated at the website of Udokan Copper, the throughput of Stage II of the plant is intended to reach 15 Mtpa with 150,000 tons copper production. It is planned both Stages together will ensure processing up to 50 million tons of ore with production of about 450,000 tons of copper per year.
https://udokancopper.com/press-center/4575/
