HYDRO-METALLURGY PLANT OPENS IN ERDENET

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Achit Ikht LLC opened on October 11 the biggest Hydro-metallurgic plant in Mongolia. This plant is capable of producing 10,000 tonnes of LME (London Metal Exchange) – A grade cathodal copper a year. The capacity is estimated to be four times bigger than that of the Mongolian-American joint Erdmin plant. The piot processes of the new plant have been running since July, after three years of construction of USD 59 million. The plant is processing lower content ore (0.32 percent copper) of Erdenet plant, and producing copper cathodes with 99.9 percent of copper content. The exports are already underway.