With the City of Greater Sudbury planning to lead a trade mission to the central Asian country of Kazakhstan in June, the person heading the mission is confident it will open the door to more mining partnerships between local mining supply firms and new ventures in that country.
Elena Zabudskaya, a business development officer with the city, said she is hopeful the mission she leads will be as beneficial to Sudbury as was the huge Oyo Tolgoi mining operation in Mongolia. Oyu Tolgoi is a massive copper and gold mining operation owned by Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest mining companies.
Several Sudbury-based and Northern Ontario companies have been part of that project, which began construction in 2010 and commenced open pit production in 2013. This included Rainbow Concrete, Variant Mining and Redpath Mining of North Bay.
Zabudskaya, who has become a familiar face at Canadian mining conferences and other venues where mining developments are talked about, said Kazakhstan should open the door for Canadian companies that provide mining products and services.
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