Aktogay Mine

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Aktogay Mine is a copper mine under production in the Karaganda Region (Kazakh: Qaraǵandy oblysy, Қарағанды облысы) of Kazakhstan. It is an "open-pit" type quarry currently under development. It will contain an open pit, as well as a concentrator to produce copper cathodes, although molybdenum is also expected to be extracted as well. The site contains a large copper deposit, as well as a molybdenum-rich sulfide deposit. It is expected to contain around 123 million tonnes of copper, as well as another 2.063 billion tons of sulfide-molybdenum.[1] The projected cost to build it is somewhere around $2.3 billion.[2]

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  1. ^ "Aktogay Copper Mine Development in Kazakhstan". Mining Technology. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  2. ^ "KAZ Minerals PLC - Our business - Aktogay". www.kazminerals.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-03-26.