Russian Copper Increases Tominskoye Copper Deposit Reserves

Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) –Russian Copper Co., the country's third-largest copper producer, raised reserves at its Tominskoye copper deposit in the Chelyabinsk region by 80,000-100,000 metric tons after further exploration of the area.

The company will begin mining the deposit at Tominskoye, with estimated reserves of 350 million tons, in 2015. The operation will be capable of processing 28 million tons of ore a year, the company said in an e-mailed statement today.