46 tonnes of stibnite declared as fluorite seized at Talas North Terminal

On 12 August officers at the Talas North Terminal crossing stopped two lorries carrying 46 tonnes of ore declared as fluorite and bound for China.

Weighing and sampling under the procedure in force since February showed the load to be hand-sorted stibnite, the ore of antimony. No papers from a licensed works were presented.

The ore has been seized. The exporter, a trading company registered in Talas, has been fined under the Customs Code. The materials have been sent to the competent bodies to establish where the ore came from.