Kyanite of the bol'shiye Keivy as a complex raw material

The paper discusses the potential of giant kyanite ores deposits of the Bol'shiye Keivy on the Kola Peninsula as a complex of raw materials containing great amounts of nickel sulphide and cobalt with associate gold, titanium minerals (ilmenite and ruthile), graphite, rare metals and earths. It has been shown that resources of the deposits may be doubled with staurolite. The latter is a material of fluxes for metallurgic industry alternative to fluorite. As an example, general characteristics of the New Shuururta kyanite ores deposit have been provided. The latest results in the technology of enrichment and technological processing of kyanite ores have been highlighted.