Together they have worked out an integrated program to support and develop Urals metallurgy using Komi mineral deposits. The feasibility study of the project 'Development of the Sredne-Timansky Bauxite Deposit of the Capacity of 2,550 Thousand Tons of Bauxite a Year and an Access Railway' was approved by the Expert Council of the Russian Federal government June 16, 1999. The Council recommended that the government support this project and include it in a tender for state guarantees when obtaining commercial credit. The Boxity Timana company has worked out a schedule of events to develop the bauxite quarry and prepare, extract and transport bauxite. Sverdlovsk and Komi governments are supervising the execution of the schedule.
Bauxite production is on the rise.
In winter 1999, Boxity Timana produced 379,916 tons of bauxite. 330,921 tons were transported to the railway station. 336,510 tons were shipped to plants. In 2000, the daily production will reach 4 - 4.5 thousand tons. Sverdlovsk oblast government is seeking a foreign partner to participate in the project.