Oriel Resources plc is a London-based and incorporated AIM (London Stock Exchange) and TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange) listed chrome and nickel mining and processing company.

 

The Company's main country of operation is Kazakhstan. Oriel's current mining projects include the Voskhod chrome and the Shevchenko nickel projects, both located in north western Kazakhstan. Interlinked with Voskhod is the vertically-integrated Tikhvin ferrochrome smelting plant in Russia, which commenced production in April 2007 using imported ore and will begin receiving and smelting chrome ore from Voskhod into high carbon ferrochrome (HC FeCr) in mid 2008. Oriel is fast-tracking the Voskhod chrome project into production while further progressing the Shevchenko nickel project.