Vanadium Ore Mining and Processing Enterprise of Kachkanar (part of Evraz Group) started reclaiming the muck stacks through revegetation and planting trees.

The company’s ore managing department reclaims five hectares of slopes annually. This year, most of the work is to be done in the third and fourth quarters: the company’s employees should cover the stacks with loam that creates the artificial root layer and then sow various grass seeds. The company is currently revegetating both the muck stacks and the slime pool; one hectare of the slope of the obstructing bank will be reclaimed as well.

The enterprise has so far reclaimed 125.8 hectares of stacks and 161.6 hectares of the tailing pit areas (as of November 1, 2005).