OREANDA-NEWS. March 31, 2010. 7 competitors out of 13 were short-listed after the first stage of the “Basis process scheme tender for Udokan copper deposit mining and smelting plant”. According to the special committee decision, the proposals that fully suit the announced requirements were chosen.

Short-list:

- OAO “VNIPIpromtekhnologii”, JSC “VNIKHT”

- FGUP “GIPROTSVETMET”

- “ENGINEERING DOBERSEC, GLENCORE, FGUP “GINTSVETMET”

- Bateman International Projects

- OOO “Institute GIPRONICKEL”

- ZAO “MEKHANOBR ENGINEERING”

- OOO “PiterGORproekt” and OUTOTEC

On the next stage the chosen proposals will be examined by the expert group of leading world-renowned Russian professionals in mining and processing:

- Chanturiya Valentin Alekseevich – academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, doctor of technical sciences, director of Problems institute of complex development of mineral resources (Russian Academy of Sciences)

- Trubetskoy Kliment Hikolaevich - academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, doctor of technical sciences, advisor of Problems institute of complex development of mineral resources (Russian Academy of Sciences)

- Livanov Dmitry Viktorovich – doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, professor, rector of  the State Technological University “Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys” (MISIS)

“Taking into consideration the dimension and the complexity of Udokan copper deposit we decided to invite the world-known leading scientists with a great experience. We believe that their professionalism and the potential of their research teams will enable to make a thorough and detailed analysis of proposals and chose the most effective one”, - Andrey Varichev, the general director of Baikal mining company (the subsidiary of Mikhailovsky GOK created for the development of  Udokan copper deposit) said.