Deposits and 60 occurrences of both metals on the territory of Ukraine are represented by silicate ores of the weathering crust of hyperbasites and are concentrated in two areas - in the Middle Pobuzh (Kirovohrad region) and the Middle Prydniprov'ye (Dnipropetrovsk region).
However, due to unsatisfactory mining conditions and low ore quality, almost all domestic demand for nickel and cobalt has been met through imports in recent years.
Linear weathering crusts with industrial nickel and chromium contents have been discovered in the Middle Bug.
Total prospective nickel resources within areas with linear and planar weathering crusts amount to 52 thousand tons and are located near the Pobuzhsky Nickel Plant.
The prospects for sulfide nickel bearing in Ukraine are limited, but there are some prerequisites for the exploration of industrial sulfide nickel deposits. Thus, sulfide copper-nickel mineralization has been established in the northwestern part of the Ukrainian Crystalline Shield.
To increase the mineral and raw material base of nickel and cobalt ores, it is planned to conduct:
-exploration and exploration and evaluation works for silicate chromium-nickel and nickel-cobalt ores in planar and linear weathering crusts within the Kapitaniv ore field;
-exploration work for sulfide copper-nickel ores within the distribution of gabbroic massifs of the northwestern part of the Ukrainian Crystalline Shield.
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