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(Facility) Sredneuralsk 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 10231015
MAS/MILS ID 4520007026
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Sredneuralsk Copper Smelter
Alternate or previous names Sredneuralsk Smelting, Sredneuralsk Copper Complex

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 60.13471, 56.68119 (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
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 60.13471, 56.68119
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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 1940
Plant type Smelter

Mining district

District name Revda

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 Sredneuralsk Copper Smelting Plant
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Description Percent Capacity Utilisation Not Applicable.
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Concentrates Smelted @ 15.6% Copper 601000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 601000mt 16wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Copper Production 130000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 130000mt
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Percent Sulphur Recovery 73.8% (Estimated).

Comments on the production information

  • THE PLANT WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1940 AND LAST MODERNISED IN 1963. CONCENTRATES ARE ROASTED IN FLUIDISED BED ROASTERS WHICH HANDLE ABOUT 900 METRIC TONS PER DAY OF CONCENTRATE, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 40,000 TO 50,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR OF BLISTER. THE REVERB SLAG IS DISCARDED WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TREATMENT. THE EXHAUST GAS IS CLEANED THROUGH CYCLONES AND ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS PRIOR TO THE STACK. THE BLISTER IS CAST INTO CAKES AND ALL TRANSPORTED FOR REFINING TO THE URALELECTROCOPPER REFINERY AT PYSHMA. TOTAL CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY IN THE SMELTER IS 735 KILOWATT-HOURS PER METRIC TON OF BLISTER. THE REVERBERATORY FURNACE CONSUMES 802 CUBIC METERS OF GAS PER METRIC TON OF BLISTER COPPER. FURNACE DUSTS ARE RECYCLED. ALL BY-PRODUCTS EXCEPT SULPHUR, REPORT TO THE BLISTER FOR RECOVERY AT THE REFINERY. ROASTER AND CONVERTER GASES ARE PASSED THROUGH ACID PLANTS FOR CONVERSION TO 92.5 TO 94 PERCENT GRADE ACID. COSTS ARE REPORTED TO BE R213 PER METRIC TON OF CONCENTRATE SMELTED. THIS IS BROKEN DOWN INTO LABOR, 1.5 PERCENT; ENERGY, 4.45 PERCENT; AND "OTHERS", INCLUDING FEED COSTS, 94.05 PERCENT. MAJOR PROBLEMS CONCERN DUST AND SULPHUR DIOXIDE COLLECTION. NO EXPANSIONS ARE PLANNED, BUT IT IS INTENDED TO START TRIALS ON A PILOT SCALE VANYUKOV FURNACE IN 1991. THERE IS A NON-FERROUS METALS FABRICATING PLANT ON THE SITE. THE SREDNEURALSK COPPER SMELTING OPERATION, IN THE TOWN OF REVDA IS ONLY RUNNING AT 70 PERCENT OF ITS 130,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR CAPACITY, PRODUCING BLISTER COPPER GRADING 95 TO 96 PERCENT FOR TWO REASONS. THE FIRST REASON STEMS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, SINCE SREDNEURALSK IS A HEAVY POLLUTER, IT HAS COME UNDER FIERCE CRITICISM FROM LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS. THE SECOND REASON IS THE PROBLEMS IN SOURCING RAW MATERIALS OF GOOD QUALITY. SREDNEURALSK USED TO SOURCE CONCENTRATES FROM THE URALS, MONGOLIA, ARMENIA, AND GEORGIA, BUT WAR AND THE BREAKDOWN IN ECONOMIC TIES WITHIN THE CIS FORCED THE PLANT INTO THE MORE LUCRATIVE BUSINESS OF TOLL SMELTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Commodity

    COAL, GOLD, AND BASE METALS, UNKNOWN PAGE NUMBER AND

  • Commodity

    DATE.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE COPPER,

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PP. 65-67 (1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SITE IS HILLY AND THE CLIMATE CONTINENTAL. EKATERINEBURG HAS RECENTLY BEEN RENAMED AND WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS SVERDLOVSK.

Reporter information

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

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