Dalur ups uranium output 6.2% in 2013
MOSCOW. Feb 12 (Interfax) - CJSC Dalur, part of the Russian uranium holding OJSC Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ), produced 562 tonnes of uranium last year, 6.2% more than the 529 tonnes it did in 2012, an ARMZ statement says.
The company plans to increase output to 600 tonnes a year before 2017.
In Russia, ARMZ controls Priargun Mining and Chemicals Association. Dalur and OJSC Khiagda, where mining is done by drillhole in-situ leaching. ARMZ is also developing deposits in the Southern zone of the Elkon uranium district in Yakutia, which calls for the construction of the Elkon mining and metallurgical complex and a number of other projects. Dalur extracts uranium at the Dalmatovskoye field using in-situ leaching. Dalur is Russia's first enterprise to mine uranium by the environmentally friendly in-situ leach (ISL) method. It produces yellow cake nuclear fuel. Dalur is licensed to the Khokhlov field in the Kurgan region. The Kurgan region has overall proven uranium reserves of more than 30,000 tonnes.