Lime reserves alternative to Mount Toratau should be booked on state balance

UFA, 7 December 2018. /Bashinform News Agency/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/. The limestone deposits on Kushtau are not yet on the state balance of carbonate reserves, Sergey Lobastov, an official representative of the Bashkir Soda Company, told Bashinform News Agency.

However, he did not rule out the fact that in the foreseeable future, these reserves would be booked on the state balance. After that, the company will give detailed comments on the quality of these natural resources, he said.

The Acting Head of the republic Radiy Khabirov agreed with the Bashkir Soda Company of the Bashkhim Group on the development of Kushtau Shikhan, although the company itself insisted on transferring production to Toratau as a source of raw materials. According to BSC, Toratau has better quality reserves of raw materials, but the mountain is a natural monument and has a protective republican status. The available reserves of the Shakhtau Mount, which is developed currently, will run out in 2022.