About the possibility and prospects of creating a rare metals cluster in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), taken into account of studying the world and russian market

The studies carried out within the framework of regional complex scientific research (KNI-2) of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) based on the study of the world and domestic market of rare metal raw materials revealed that rare earth metals, scandium and niobium of the unique Tomtor deposit are rare metals in demand. A promising model for the creation of a single rare metal cluster in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is proposed, the main one of which is a project for the extraction of rare earth metals, niobium, scandium (and, possibly, manganese) from the ores of this deposit. The model also includes a project for the extraction of lithium in the territory of the Mirninsky and Oleneksky districts of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) simultaneously with the creation of a complex for the production of chemical reagents (caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, etc.) from local resources, which will also be used for the hydrometallurgical processing of the ores of the Tomtor deposit. Based on the creation of metallurgical cluster capacities in the south of Yakutia, it is possible to organize the production of a wide range of ferroalloy products (including ferrotungsten from concentrate of the Agylkinskoye deposit) and ferroniobium and ferromanganese from products of the Tomtorskoye deposit.

Matveev A. I., Petrov I. M., Grishaev S. I. About the possibility and prospects of creating a rare metals cluster in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), taken into account of studying the world and russian market. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2025;(10):21-36. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2025_10_0_21.

A.I. Matveev, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), 677980, Yakutsk, Russia, e-mail: mail@andreimati.ru,
I.M. Petrov¹, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), e-mail: igo382@yandex.ru,
S.I. Grishaev¹, Cand. Sci. (Econ.), e-mail: grishaevs@mail.ru,
¹ Infomine Research Group LLC, 109028, Moscow, Russia.

A.I. Matveev, e-mail: mail@andreimati.ru.

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