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Russia Sets Sites for Siberian Metals-Processing Cluster as Shoigu Outlines Funding Push

Funding will be pooled from national projects to launch the initiative, Shoigu said.

Overview

  • Key sites in the Angara–Yenisey macroregion were selected across Krasnoyarsk Krai, Irkutsk Region, Khakassia and Tuva, totaling over 3,000 hectares.
  • The government plans to consolidate money from national projects covering metals processing, transport and power generation into a single funding center.
  • Preliminary parameters call for investments above 700 billion rubles and at least 3,500 jobs in the first stage.
  • A temporary interagency group under the Security Council apparatus is evaluating site readiness and required infrastructure.
  • The cluster targets deep processing of nonferrous, rare and rare‑earth metals to support strategic security and co-locate research and manufacturing for work on new materials, semiconductors, power electronics, 3D printing, robotics and AI.