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(Facility) Kirovgrad Copper Smelter

Plant in Russia with commodity Copper
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  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. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182856
MAS/MILS ID 4520007028
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Kirovgrad Copper Smelter
Alternate or previous names Kirovgrad Complex, Kirovgrad Copper Enterprise

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 60.00146, 57.43119 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 60.00146, 57.43119
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1914
Plant type Smelter

Mining district

District name Kirov Oblast

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Kirovgrad Copper Smelting Enterprise
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Copper Production (Estimated) 151000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 151000mt
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Sulphur Recovery Percent (Estimated) 33.5 Percent (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 34wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Concentrates Smelted @ 12.0% Copper 124000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 124000mt 12wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE CAPACITY OF THE KIROVGRAD COPPER SMELTER WAS ESTIMATED AT 151,000 METRIC TONS IN 1988, 155,000 METRIC TONS IN 1989, 124,000 METRIC TONS IN 1990, 124,000 METRIC TONS IN 1991, AND PROJECTED TO BE 124,000 METRIC TONS OF CONCENTRATES SMELTED IN 1995. THIS SMELTER PRODUCED BLISTER COPPER. ITS SOURCES OF CONCENTRATES FOR THE YEAR 1990 WAS GAI, WHICH PROVIDED 10 PERCENT OF CONCENTRATE FEED AFTER BEING TRANSPORTED 720 KILOMETERS FROM THE MILL TO THE SMELTER. UCHALI PROVIDES 5 PERCENT OF CONCENTRATE FEED AT A DISTANCE OF 400 KILOMETERS FROM THE MILL TO THE SMELTER. KRASNOURALSK PROVIDES 70 PERCENT OF CONCENTRATE FEED AT A DISTANCE OF 140 KILOMETERS FROM THE MILL TO THE SMELTER. THE OTHER SOURCES OF CONCENTRATE PROVIDE THE REMAINING 15 PERCENT OF CONCENTRATE FEED. IN 1997 THE COMOD SPECL. REPORTED CAP AT 150,000 MT CU METAL. THIS NEW CAP WAS ENTERED INTO THE ADIT. DATE OF CAP IS 1995.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Commodity

    INTERFAX MINING REPORT, (JAN. 22-29, 1993).

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE COPPER,

  • Deposit

    LEAD, AND ZINC INDUSTRIES OF THE FORMER USSR, VOL. 3,

  • Deposit

    PP. 49-51 (1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PLANT IS SITUATED IN A MOUNTAINOUS REGION AND HAS A CONTINENTAL CLIMATE. THE EKATERINEBURG REGION HAS RECENTLY BEEN RE-NAMED, AND WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS SVERDLOVSK. THE PLANT SITE IS SHARED WITH THE "PLANT FOR HARD ALLOYS".

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAR-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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