(Facility) Ufalei Refinery

Plant in Russia with commodities Cobalt, Nickel, Refiner
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134246
MAS/MILS ID 4520008012
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Ufalei Refinery
Alternate or previous names Rehz-Ufally, Rehz-Ufaly

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 60.21809, 56.0479 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO NEAREST TOWN BASED ON DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY MAP ONC E-5.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel, Refiner Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 60.21809, 56.0479

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Refiner

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AREA ALSO HAD TWO SMELTERS, VERKNI UFALEI AND REZH; BELIEVED TO BE CLOSED. INTERFAX REPORTS THAT UFALEYNIKEL HAS ENOUGH NICKEL RESERVES TO LAST IT FOR 2 TO 4 MORE YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Commodity

    INTERFAX, MINING REPORT, P. 9 (MAY 7-14, 1993).

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL. THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL 1991.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE. RUSSIA'S PECHENGANIKEL. MAY 1992.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-FEB-95 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.