Published: August 15, 2024 |

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The expansion involves the construction of a new conveyor, power lines, an extension of the tipping conveyor line by 1,100 meters, plus other auxiliary facilities, at the Northeast Complex.

Launched in 2021, the complex represents a catalyst for the further development of Muruntau. At this complex, gold-bearing ore is crushed and transported by conveyors, thereby reducing trucking costs.

When full capacity is reached, these facilities will increase rock mass transportation volume by 15 million cubic meters per year. The complex expansion is projected to cost more than $8.2 million.

In addition, NMMC will build a second conveyor line in the Muruntau open pit, with an estimated project cost of more than $15.3 million. In addition to the existing line, which spans 1,877.4 meters, a new line of over 1,000 meters is to be completed. At full capacity, the lines will transport up to 12 million cubic meters of rock mass per year.

The open pit currently spans 5.5 kilometers in length and 3.4 kilometers in width with a depth of 650 meters. The company is also planning to implement an expansion project that will facilitate gold mining at depths of up to 1,050 meters and increase production volume to more than 50 million tonnes of ore per year.

Source: Summa Money

Joint stock company Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Company (JSC NMMC) is one of the top-4 gold producer globally. The company is an industrial cluster, which has mastered the full production cycle from geological exploration of reserves in the subsoil, mining, and processing of ore to obtaining finished products. The company is a modern enterprise with the latest mining and transport and technological equipment, mines and plants equipped with advanced technologies.

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