Posachedwapa, kampani ya Polymetal yalengeza kuti Tomtor niobium ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali ku Far East zitha kukhala imodzi mwa miyala itatu yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Kampaniyo ili ndi magawo ochepa mu ntchitoyi.
Tomtor ndiye pulojekiti yayikulu yomwe Russia ikukonzekera kukulitsa kupanga zitsulo za rare earth. Rare earth imagwiritsidwa ntchito mumakampani oteteza komanso kupanga mafoni am'manja ndi magalimoto amagetsi.
"Sikelo ndi giredi ya Thomtor zikutsimikizira kuti mgodiwu ndi umodzi mwa malo akuluakulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi okhala ndi niobium ndi nthaka yosowa," adatero CEO wa Polymetals Vitaly Nesis mu chilengezochi.
Polymetal ndi kampani yaikulu yopanga golide ndi siliva, yokhala ndi gawo la 9.1% mu ThreeArc Mining Ltd, yomwe idapanga ntchitoyi. Mchimwene wake wa Vitali, wamalonda waku Russia, Alexander Nesis, ali ndi gawo lalikulu mu ntchitoyi komanso kampani ya polymetal.
Kampani ya Three Arcs yayamba kukonzekera kafukufuku wokhudza kuthekera kwa ndalama za polojekitiyi, ngakhale kuti n'zovuta kupeza zilolezo zina kuchokera ku boma la Russia, ndipo kapangidwe kake kakukumanabe ndi mavuto chifukwa cha kuchedwa kwa mliriwu, anatero Polymetal.
Kampani ya migodi ya siliva inati mu Januwale, chifukwa cha mliriwu, pulojekiti ya Tomtor yachedwa kwa miyezi 6 mpaka 9. Poyamba zinkayembekezeredwa kuti pulojekitiyi iyamba kugwira ntchito mu 2025, ndipo pachaka imapanga matani 160,000 a miyala yamtengo wapatali.
Ziwerengero zoyambirira zikusonyeza kuti malo osungira a Tomtor omwe akukwaniritsa zofunikira za Australian Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) ndi matani 700,000 a niobium oxide ndi matani 1.7 miliyoni a rare earth oxides.
Malo ena awiri akuluakulu osungiramo nthaka osowa kwambiri ndi Mount Weld (MT Weld) ku Australia ndi Kvanefjeld (Kvanefjeld) ku Greenland.