Russia plans to start mining at five molybdenum deposits during the coming three years, the Ministry of Natural Resources said. According to the ministry, corporate investments in molybdenum exploration will more than double this year to 4.5 bln rubles ($57.6 mln). "Promising targets to ramp up mining are four deposits being prepared for development: Agaskyrskoye in Khakassia, Ak-Sugskoye in Tyva, Yuzhno-Shameiskoye in the Sverdlovsk Region, Tyrnyauzskoye in Kabardino-Balkaria, and a deposit ...

The authorities of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), together with Russia’s Federal Agency for Mineral Resources (Rosnedra), are developing a mechanism to transfer the Shevchenkivske lithium deposit in the DNR—liberated by Russian forces—for development, DNR head Denis Pushilin told TASS. "The Shevchenkivske lithium deposit, whose territory was liberated by Russian units, is still too close to the frontline to begin work. <...> Together with Rosnedra, we are working out a mechanism to transfer ...