Petropavlovsk said IRC, its former non-precious metals division now listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, had completed a technology overhaul at its Kuranakh operation in Russia.
This would result in a 150% increase in ilmenite capacity and the reaffirmation of the company's targets for 2012 and beyond, Petropavlovsk said.
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