Less mineral mining on the Kola Peninsula
Mineral mining on the Kola Peninsula declined with 23.5 percent in the period January-November 2009 compared to the same period in 2008.
According to numbers from the Murmansk Statistic Service, production of apatite concentrate decreased with 6.9 percent, loparite concentrate with 23.1 percent, nepheline concentrate with 25 percent, nonmetallic building materials with 49.5 percent and vermiculite concentrate with 49.5 percent, web site B-port.com reports.
Production of baddelite concentrate rose with 1.4 percent and iron ore concentrate with 1.2 percent.
