DUSHANBE, January 26, Asia-Plus – Russia’s Region Invest is interested in developing Tajikistan’s Maykhura tungsten deposit, according to the Ministry of Energy and Industry (MoEI).
A source at a MoEI said that the company is still waiting for getting license for developing the Maykhura deposit, adding that Region Invest may possibly get the license in February.
The source added that the Russian company purchased Takob ore refinery in Tajikistan for 320,000 somonis (some $99,000) by tender last November. “The Takob ore refinery will be engaged in developing the Maykhura deposit in Varzob,” the source said, adding that production of tungsten at this deposit is expected to be 100,000 tons per year. The development of the Maykhura deposit is projected for 60 years, according to him.
The Maykhura deposit is located in the Varzob district, some 85 kilometers north of Dushanbe,
Tungsten is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite and is remarkable for its robust physicial properties, especially th fact that it has the highest melting point of all non-alloyed metals nd the second highest of all the elements after Crbon. The pure form is used mainly in electrical applications but its many compounds and alloys are widely used in many applications (most notably in light bulb filamets, and as both the filament and target in most X-ray tunes and superalloys).
