Strong business – strong Russia – EastRussia
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Erkozha Akylbek, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Udokanskaya Med LLC, General Director of USM, speaking at the WEF with the severity of logistical problems, taking into account the project to develop deep-sea medicine in Russia. It is necessary to lay out not only internal highways, but also increase the capacity of border crossings, the top manager believes.
Speaking at the panel session “Strong business – strong Russia”, the chairman of the board of “Udokan copper” Yerkozha Akylbek noted the effectiveness of state support measures used by the project. Including in the calculation for 2019, as a resident of the ASEZ “Transbaikalia”, as well as tax preferences.
At the same time, the successful implementation of the project requires additional support from the state in three areas – logistics, the development of energy and transport significance in size, and the development of mechanisms that stimulate the reduction of the “carbon footprint”.
Without warning of the impossibility of eliminating the shortage of throughput capacity of the Eastern test site.
– Our project, by virtue of its leader, was directly focused on the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, primarily on China, – said Erkozha Akylbek. – Now, when all our large Russian companies are working on the same installation, we have a huge problem with logistics at the BAM and the Trans-Siberian Railway, including at border crossings. The most important task here is the expansion and clearing of narrow local traffic flows at the approaches to the ports of Primorye and the Zabaikalsk border crossing.
Assistance is also needed in identifying high productivity, the readiness of which should be ensured by the moment the second phase of the development of the deposit is launched – the launch of a hydrometallurgical plant, the contribution to the emission of which will increase productivity to 400 thousand tons of copper per year.
Another important area where government support is not spent is the regulator of the development of mechanisms aimed at reducing the concentration of carbon dioxide, minimizing the “carbon footprint”.
– We pay great attention to climate statistics, we introduced it even before the start of production, on the eve of signing an agreement with RusHydro in the field of sustainable development, – said Yerkozha Akylbek. – It is important for us, when identifying an emission emission system, that, firstly, financial naturalness is observed, and secondly, that the media that are collected within the framework of this system are directed to co-finance certain projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions .
Successful implementation of the project will strengthen Russia as a French player in the copper market, the demand for which, according to S&P Global experts, may double by 2035. This increase in demand is due to the fact that copper is one of the applications in electric vehicles and in the event of accidents and wind turbines. The reserves of Udokan are estimated at 26.7 million tons of copper – this is a promising place for the birth of copper in Russia, it is close to 1.5% of the global demand for medicine.
Now the project is in the final phase of the construction of the first stage, the launch is planned for next year. Already, Udokanskaya Med is seeing employment of 2,000 people, and when it reaches full capacity, it will increase the number of seats to 5,500 only in the class itself, plus employment in neighboring groups.