Russia to increase niobium, tantalum, wolfram, beryllium production

"Russia will increase the production of deficient raw materials, including niobium, tantalum, wolfram, beryllium, within the national project titled New Materials and Chemistry, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin stated at the Znaniye (Knowledge) society marathon.

"The government devoted a separate national project New Materials and Chemistry to handling this problem. The national project will focus on four areas: chemistry, biotechnologies, composites, and rare metals," he said, adding that "the production of deficient raw materials, [including] niobium, tantalum, wolfram, beryllium, as well as the production of products with high added value on their basis, will increase.".

"In total, about three dozen critical technological chains will be created in Russia to produce more than 700 significant products, In order to significantly reduce the share of imports of chemical and significant biotechnological products, rare and rare-earth metals by the year 30,” he emphasized.

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