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Uralelectrocopper Copper Refineries

Producer 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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208433
MAS/MILS ID 4520008013
Record type Site
Current site name Uralelectrocopper Copper Refineries
Alternate or previous names Pyshma Refinery Or, The Pyshm Refinery., Kyshtym Refinery.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 60.53466, 55.71459 (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) 60.53466, 55.71459
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1934

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 Enterprise Uralelectrocopper
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Refined Copper Production (Estimated) 368000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 368000mt
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Copper Blister Treated (Estimated) 373500 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 373500mt

Comments on the production information

  • THE PYSHMA PLANT WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1934 AND LAST MODERNISED IN 1979. THE KYSHTYM PLANT WAS BUILT IN 1908 AND PRODUCES 35-40,000 TPY THE SMELTING PROCESS CONSISTS OF FIRE AND ELECTRO-REFINING FOR BOTH REFINERIES, THE PYSHM AND THE KYSHTYM REFINERIES. THE PYSHM OR PYSHMA REFINERY ACCOUNTS FOR 89 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL CATHODE PRODUCTION OF THE TWO REFINERIES. THE PRODUCTS OF THESE TWO REFINERIES CONSISTS OF COPPER CATHODES AND WIREBARS. FOR THE PYSHMA REFINERY, ITS TOTAL PLANT POWER USAGE IS 420 KILOWATT-HOURS PER METRIC TON OF CATHODE PRODUCED. THE CATHODES ARE MELTED AND CAST INTO WIREBARS, BUT THERE IS ALSO SOME PRODUCTION OF COPPER POWDER, COPPER SULPHATE, AND COPPER FOIL. WIREBARS ARE RAILED TO THE KAMCABLE CABLE PRODUCTION PLANT AT KAMSKI. THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF DUST, WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRE REFINERY, AND HIGH LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS IN WASTE WATER DISCARDS. NO EXPANSIONS FOR THE REFINERIES IS YET PLANNED. AT PYSHMA, THERE IS A COPPER POWDER PLANT. AT KYSHTYM, THERE IS A COPPER FOIL PLANT, THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN THE USSR. 1989-450,000 TPY; 1991-300,000 TPY; 1993-240,000 TPY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX MINING REPORT. JULY 8-15, 1994, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE COPPER,

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PP. 69-70 (1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLANT GIVEN TAX BREAK UNTIL AUG. 15, 1994. A PRECIOUS METALS RECOVERY PLANT IS BEING BUILT AND DUE TO START IN 1994. THE PLANT IS IN A REGION OF LOW HILLS AND HAS A CONTINENTAL CLIMATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-FEB-95 Collins, Dan U.S. Bureau of Mines

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