Development of the production of lead and precious metals in Central Asia

Abstract

There were several rich deposits of polymetal ores of non-ferrous and precious metals in the region of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union. Metallurgical production of these metals was developed even a thousand years ago and was in the top of the world at the beginning of the fourth quarter of the twentieth century. The disintegration of the Soviet Union and the change of government structures caused a reduction of metallurgical production, but there are all conditions to intensify and increase the production of non-ferrous and precious metals in Russia and other former Soviet republics, which are now middle-asian countries.

Na prostorima Carske Rusije i SSSR-a bilo je više bogatih nalazišta polimetalnih ruda obojenih i plemenitih metala. Metalurška proizvodnja ovih metala vršena je još pre hiljadu godina, a bila je u svetskom vrhu početkom četvrtog kvartala XX veka. Raspad SSSR-a i promena državnih struktura prouzrokovali su i smanjenje metalurške proizvodnje, ali postoje svi uslovi za intezivniju i veću proizvodnju obojenih i plemenitih metala u Rusiji i drugim bivšim sovjetskim republikama, a sada susednim srednje-azijskim državama.