Project outline

The purpose of the project is to organize the comprehensive recycling of solid minerals from the tailings stocks of “Alyotig” Limited Liability Company (Kapan, Republic of Armenia) for the further extraction of the entire spectrum of useful components contained therein.

The project focuses on the design, construction and putting into operation of a modern recycling complex, specifically an enrichment plant, to obtain a commercial product for later sale on the global market.

The implementation of this project will be aimed not only at the creation of new jobs, and the provision of stable tax revenues to the state budget, but primarily at the radical solution of the problems of improving the environmental situation during the allocation of tailings stocks, by the method of phased recycling of the latter, by building and putting into operation a new enrichment plant.

Brief description of the project

The primary goal of the project is the industrial exploitation of tailings stocks by designing and constructing a modern enrichment plant with a production capacity to recycle 12.5 million tons of primary raw materials per year. Moreover, this project will leverage the technology of global leaders in the field of complex recycling and solid mineral enrichment, such as Metso (Finland) and BGRIMM (PRC), including the production and supply of main and auxiliary technological equipment from the mentioned manufacturers.

Alongside the maximum extraction of useful components contained in tailings stocks, the project will significantly contribute to ensuring environmental safety, focusing on the maximum reduction of environmental pollution in compliance with the legal standards of the Republic of Armenia in force.

Ultimately, the foremost goal of this project is to radically improve the ecology and environmental health in the area of the man-made mine of solid minerals artificially created more than fifty years ago.

Location of the plant

The multi-million stocks of the newly created man-made mine, amounting to around 500-600 million tons, were formed due to the long-term production activities of "ZCMC" CJSC, which operates the Kajaran copper-molybdenum mine located 330 km from Yerevan.

Over the years, this combine has produced only two types of end products: copper and molybdenum concentrates․ The remaining of useful components have been stored and continue to accumulate in three tailings, subsequently being written off from the balance sheet of the exploited mine reserves.