Rusal has more than 14 million tons of bauxite reserves in the new quarry in the Republic of Comi.

Rusal, the global leader in bauxite production, has begun mining bauxite with reserves of more than 14 million tons at a new quarry at the Vezhayu-Vorykvinskoye deposit in the Republic of Comi.

The new No. 4 open-pit mine will be the largest open-pit mine in the Sredne Timansky bauxite mine. The preparation of the mining infrastructure took three years, during which the miners of the Timan bauxite mine successfully completed a considerable stripping operation of 19.5 million cubic metres. In addition, treatment facilities have been developed and put into use, and the necessary mining equipment has been purchased.

Yakov Itskov, director of Rusal Alumina Division, said that the development of Sredne-Timansky bauxite is the basis for a stable supply of bauxite to Rusal's alumina refinery. In addition, in the long run, the project will enable Timan bauxite to contribute to the socio-economic well-being of the region.

In December 1992, the Timan bauxite enterprise was established and supplied the ore from its deposits to Rusal's alumina refinery in Ural.