Iron ore mine near Russia’s Kursk operating normally following drone attack — officials

Russia December 16, 2023, 11:50

The incident did not affect the company’s production activity, the Kursk Region’s government said

MOSCOW, December 16. /TASS/. The Mikhailovsky iron ore mine is operating normally after a drone attack at the Zheleznogorsk District outside of Kursk, with electricity supply to a mine facility restored, the borderline Kursk Region’s government said on its Telegram channel.

"The Mikhailovsky GOK [mining and processing plant] is operating normally. Repair services promptly restored power supply to one of the plant’s facilities in the wake of a drone attack. The incident did not affect the company’s production activity," the government said.

Earlier, the Kursk Region’s governor, Roman Starovoit, reported that a power transmission line supplying electricity to a Mikhailovsky GOK facility had been damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack at the Zheleznogorsk District, located northwest of Kursk.

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