Less mining on the Kola Peninsula
Source: BarentsObserver.com
BarentsObserver.com reports of less mining activity on the Kola Peninsula in the period January-November 2009, compared to the same period in 2008.
According to numbers from the Murmansk Statistic Service, production of apatite concentrate decreased with 6.9 percent, loparite concentrate with 23.1 percent, nepheline concentrate with 25 percent, nonmetallic building materials with 49.5 percent and vermiculite concentrate with 49.5 percent, web site B-port.com reports, accorind to BarentsObserver.com.
Production of baddelite concentrate rose with 1.4 percent and iron ore concentrate with 1.2 percent.
