One of Kazakhstan’s largest chromium mines is all set to reopen this December with a new name after a massive programme of expansion.

Now known as ‘Tzentralnaya’ – meaning; ‘The Tenth Anniversary of Kazakhstan's Independence Mine’, the mine is currently coming to the end of a $130 million investment programme that will give it a service life of 100 years. It will also see production rise from 1999’s figure of 172,000 tonnes to two million tonnes by the end of 2006, by which time a further $35.4 million will have been invested.

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