The mining and processing plant’s attitude towards the neighboring Buddhist monastery changed radically in the 21st century. The plant produces 55 million tons of iron ore per year. It’s starting to develop a new deposit which carries the risk that the mountain may be destroyed by the inherent blasts. They consider the monastery on Kachkanar to be out of place.
Andrei SenushkinSubscribe
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