Karaganda Steelworks

Plant in Kazakhstan with commodity Iron, Pig 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. 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 10255605
MAS/MILS ID 4590000702
Record type Site
Current site name Karaganda Steelworks

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 72.95076, 49.83118 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron, Pig Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 72.95076, 49.83118

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Manufacturing Plant

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Government Of Kazakstan
    Interest 100
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1989

Production statistics

  • Year 1995
    Description Finished Steel 4700000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Iron, Pig Iron Iron 4700000mt
  • Year 1995
    Description Crude Steel 6300000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Iron, Pig Iron Iron 6300000mt
  • Year 1995
    Description Pig Iron 5000000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Iron, Pig Iron Iron 5000000mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    1997 COMD SPEC DATA FROM 1995.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1992, P. 49.

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN. MAY 13, 1993, P. 21.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STEEL WORKS COMPLEX: PIG IRON, CRUDE STEEL AND FINISHED STEEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-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.