Yevgeny Kuyvashev instructed the Minister of Investments and Development of the Sverdlovsk Region to take personal control of Kachkanar's promising production projects and assist the leadership of the municipality in preparing the application for the status of "the territory of advanced social and economic development". The head of the region said this on April 29 at a meeting with the public of the Kachkanar city district.
"My job is to see to it that not only the region develops as a whole, but not a single city, not a single village. The most important consequence of our "Five Years of Development" program will be the existence of each municipal development program, discussed with residents. Such strategies should be in every municipality. Especially in single-industry towns, "said Evgeny Kuyvashev.
According to the leader of the region, the problems of mono-profile territories affect the interests of about one-third of the population of the Sverdlovsk region. In Kachkanar, the city-forming enterprise is the Vanadium mining and processing enterprise (EVRAZ enterprise). With his work, one way or another connected half of the able-bodied population of the municipality. KGOK "Vanadium" is an example of a socially-oriented enterprise that exerts a serious influence on the life of the city, supports veterans of production, implements personnel programs, actively participates in municipal projects.
Nevertheless, according to Evgeny Kuyvashev, Kachkarana as a monocity today needs diversification of production, a qualitative leap in the development of small and medium-sized businesses. "I am sure that for the dynamic development of the Kachkanar city district, it would be a serious incentive to get the status of the territory of advanced development," noted the head of the region. Evgeny Kuyvashev during his working visit to Kachkanar also visited the production site of Kachkanarsky GOK and inspected the company's Northern quarry. The vice-president of EVRAZ, the head of the division "Ural" Maxim Andriasov told the head of the region about the plans for the development of the enterprise.
"We have two key projects in development. This is a project for the development of the tailing farm, which is currently under development. And one more key project, according to which we now make investment decisions, is the development of the Kachkanar field itself, which will allow us in the next decades to increase ore production volumes. We understand that the welfare of the city depends on the implementation of these projects. The development of the quarry is inseparably linked with the development of Kachkanar, "he said..
The project for the reconstruction of the tailing farm implies continuation of the safe operation of the tailings storage facility according to the current technology until 2027. The second project in question is connected with the opening of the Sobstenno-Kachkanarsky deposit located on the slopes of the Kachkanar mountain. The reserves of iron titanium-magnetite ores, according to preliminary estimates, exceed 6.8 billion tons here - these stocks can last for 100-120 years.