In January, new thickeners No. 13 and 14 were launched at the copper concentrator.

In April, a section for washing motor vehicles and railway transport was put into operation in the railway shop No. 3 of the industrial railway transport department.

In April, the reconstruction of the cooling tower of the circulating water supply system in the air distribution shop of the copper smelter was completed. Also this month, a hydrometallurgical section for processing semi-finished products was opened at the enterprise. In May, the steel structure of the main building was reconstructed.

In May, the works were completed on modernizing the flotation lines in the molybdenum sorting section in the copper-molybdenum concentrate selection and drying shop of the copper concentrator.

In August, as part of the investment project for the development of the Yoshlik I deposit, a transformer substation TP-8 with a voltage of 110/35/6 kV was put into operation, providing power supply to the “Yoshlik I” mine, as well as its mining and technical complex, and “Kalmakyr” mine.

In addition, in August, the second stage of the “Ingichka” enrichment plant was launched.

In August, a new railway depot was built and put into operation in railway shop No. 2 of the Industrial Railway Transport Department at the “Svintsovaya” station.