This will enable the new Russian region to fully supply the country with manganese raw materials, for which it currently depends on imports, Oleinik said.
Meanwhile, manganese minerals are among the rare mineral types. These also include lithium, tantalum, niobium, titanium, zirconium, rare earths, graphite and fluorspar.
According to the strategy for the development of the mineral resource base, it is planned to complete the integration of the mineral resource complexes of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into the Russian economy by 2050.
