The Armenian Miners and Metallurgists Association is a non-governmental organization established in 2006 at the initiative of leading mining companies. The decision to found the Union was adopted on October 10, 2006, and it was officially registered in December of the same year. The founding members include major industrial and trade union organizations of the sector. At the inaugural meeting, ...

President of the Armenia Miners and Metallurgists Association First Deputy General DirectorZangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine CJSCKajaran, Republic of ArmeniaOctober 2021 – Present Chief Financial OfficerAgarak Copper-Molybdenum Combine CJSCAgarak, Republic of ArmeniaMarch 2017 – Present Deputy Chief Financial OfficerAgarak Copper-Molybdenum Combine CJSCAgarak, Republic of ArmeniaJanuary 2017 – February 2017 Audit Manager, Deloitte CISMoscow, Russian FederationSeptember 2015 – January 2017 Senior Auditor, Deloitte ...

Director of the Armenian Miners and Metallurgists Association Volodya Kirakosyan graduated from the Faculty of Philology at Yerevan State University. He has held numerous editorial and leadership positions in Armenia’s media sector, including: Editor at HayElectroMekhena radio station Editor of the industrial section and later director of the newspaper Yerekoyan Yerevan Correspondent and Chief Editor of Gorts weekly Founder and ...

The Republican Union of Trade Union Organizations of Miners, Metallurgists, and Goldsmiths of Armenia (RA MTG Trade Union) brings together trade union organizations from over 70% of enterprises in the sector, representing and protecting the interests of around 10,000 workers. Trade unions in Armenia’s mining and metallurgical complex were first established between 1905–1907, during a period when Bolsheviks in the ...

Construction of the Kajaran Copper-Molybdenum Combine began in 1940. Work was halted due to the Great Patriotic War and only resumed after its conclusion. In 1949, the experimental beneficiation plant was commissioned, and by the spring of 1952, the combine produced its first output. Initially, the mine was exploited using an underground method, but from 1957–1959, operations shifted entirely to ...

Until 1971, the Kajaran Specialized Mining Construction Department operated as part of the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine, serving as a production unit responsible for constructing underground and above-ground industrial structures. As the combine’s production capacity grew, there arose a need to create an independent, specialized construction organization capable of handling new construction projects on its own. In 1971, this construction unit ...