"Kazakhstan has huge proven reserves of wolfram - a rare and highly demanded metal. The formation of the wolfram industry in the state began in the 70s of the last century. But the implementation of projects related to wolfram production, for a number of objective economic and political reasons, stopped in 1993," reads the statement.
12 deposits have been explored in Kazakhstan, their total reserves are estimated to more than 2 million tons of tungsten trioxide. The largest and most promising deposits are the Upper Kayraktinskoye deposit and the North Katpar field (Karaganda region) located 20 km away. The total reserves for these two deposits are estimated at about 1 million 300 thousand tons of wolfram.
"At the moment, additional research is being carried out at the deposits of Verkhnyaya Kayraktinskoye and Severniy Katpar, the technologies of ore dressing are being developed and tested. Also works are underway to form the transport and energy infrastructure," reads the message.
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