(Facility) Severonikel Smelter/Refinery Complx

Plant in Russia with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Smelter
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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157959
MAS/MILS ID 4520007440
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Severonikel Smelter/Refinery Complx
Alternate or previous names Monchegorsk Smelter.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 32.92, 67.88174 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Copper Primary
Nickel, Smelter Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 32.92, 67.88174

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Monchegorsk

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1993

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF 140,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR OF NICKEL IN REFINED METAL AND POWDERS.

Comments on other economic factors

  • PLANS TO BUILD A SX/EW PLANT DESIGNED BY MINPROC ENGINEERING. PLAN TO COME ON LINE AT END OF 1994.
  • NI-CU SULPHIDE ORE OF 3.5 PERCENT NICKEL AND MATTE FROM NORILSK; AND ORE, CONCENTRATE, AND MATTE COME FROM PECHENGA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    CRU METALS REVIEW. 1Q1994.

  • Deposit

    AMM. JULY 1, 1994.

  • Deposit

    THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL STUDY GROUP, WORLD DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    OF NICKEL PRODUCTION FACILITIES, (APRIL 1993).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NAME CHANGED POSSIBLY TO NORILSK NIKEL AS OF COMOD SPEC DATA FOR 1995. NORILSK NIKEL IS ALSO LISTED AS SEVERAL MAS PROPERTY FILES: UNTIL MORE DATA IS AVAILABLE NO CHANGE WILL BE MADE. THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES FOR THE SEVERONIKEL SMELTER ARE ASSUMED TO BE THE SAME AS THOSE FOR THE SEVERONIKEL REFINERY, SINCE THEY ARE BOTH LOCATED AT MONCHEGORSK. PLANT REPORTEDLY SHUT DOWN TEMPORARILY DUE TO SHORTAGES OF RAW MATERIALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-MAR-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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