Chelyabinsk Bf

Plant in Russia with commodity Iron
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 10206999
MAS/MILS ID 4520001102
Record type Site
Current site name Chelyabinsk Bf
Alternate or previous names Zlatoust

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 61.40131, 55.16459 (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
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 61.40131, 55.16459

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Mining district

District name Chelyabinsk District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Government Of Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1993
    Last year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN. MAY 6, 1993, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    IRON AND STEEL WORKS OF THE USSR. METAL BULLETIN BOOKS LTD.

  • Deposit

    1992, P. 43.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLANT IS SWITCHING PRODUCTION FROM LOW CARBON TO HIGH CARBON FERRO-CHROME AT A COST OF $4-5 MILLION. CHELYABINSK IS ALSO INVESTING $12 MILLION TO BEGIN PRODUCING HIGHER GRADE FERRO-SILICON, EVENTUALLY ACHIEVING 65-75% GRADE. ENERGY COSTS ACCOUNT FOR 40-50% OF PRODUCTION COSTS. THE PLANT CURRENTLY HAS 37 CLOSED AND 5 OPEN FURNACES, AND PRODUCED 200,000 MT OF FERRO-SILICON IN GRADES RANGING FROM 25% TO 90%, AVERAGING 45% GRADE. FERRO-CHROME OUTPUT WAS 210,000 MT IN 1992, RANGING FROM 0.01% TO 1% CARBON, FROM KAZAKHSTAN IRON ORE. FERRO-TUNGSTEN CAPACITY IS 10,000 TPY AND FERRO-MOLY CAPACITY IS 15,000 TPY. TOTAL FERRO ALLOY CAPACITY IS 700,000 MTPY. OUTPUT IS CURRENTLY RUNNING 60-70%. COMPANY EMPLOYEES HOLD 51% OF SHARES OF THE COMPANY. THE REMAINDER IS TO BE FLOATED ON THE OPEN MARKET. THE PLANT EXPORTED 16,000 MT OF FERRO-SILICON IN 1992.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-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.