The international conference “Plaksin Readings - 2024” took place recently in Apatity, Murmansk region, on 23-27 September. The Mining Institute of the Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences hosted the prominent researchers and scholars. Key speakers gave a talk on the today's state of research and technology, and conference participants discussed the country's mineral resource base and sustainable development issues in conference sessions.
DELTA specialists made a succesful presentation under headline “Formation of compact nickel products in the integrated processing of copper-nickel ores” within the framework of the Integrated Processing of Mineral Raw Materials, Hydrometallurgical Processes session, which was opened by Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.A. Chanturia (Institute of Comprehensive Exploitation of Mineral Resources). The report was the result of joint work with Kola MMC JSC on diversification of nickel production and development of solutions for import substitution of high-tech processes.
Early this year, President V. Putin approved the Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation. In terms of the content of the reports and conference sessions, the Plaksin Readings - 2024 became a kind of reflection of the tasks to be solved by this strategy.
During the final day of the Readings the participants were invited for a field trip to the apatite-nepheline plant ANOF-2 of the Kirovsk branch of APATIT JSC, PhosAgro Company.