Verkhnekamskaya Potash Company ("VKK", part of the Akron Group) has started underground mining operations at the Verkhnekamskoye deposit of potassium and magnesium salts in the Perm Region. This is stated in the message from Akron.
The specialists completed the installation of the main mine lifting equipment, put into operation two Ural-20R sinking and cleaning combines, and began sinking workings at the Talitsky GOK mine. Currently, the process of sinking the inter-shaft fault between shafts No. 1 and No. 2 with a length of 320 linear meters has been completed, almost 10.6 thousand tons of rock have been extracted.
In 2008, VKK received a license to develop the Talitsky site of the Verkhnekamskoye deposit of potassium and magnesium salts in the Perm Region. The GOK's capacity will be 2 million tons of potassium chloride per year, with the possibility of increasing to 2.6 million tons per year.
Acron Group is a Russian vertically integrated producer of mineral fertilizers.
