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Sibai Concentrator

Producer in Russia with commodities Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Zinc
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255613
MAS/MILS ID 4520000225
Record type Site
Current site name Sibai Concentrator
Alternate or previous names No Other Known Name.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 58.66803, 52.71465 (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
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 58.66803, 52.71465
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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 1959

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 Bashkir Copper-Sulphur Enterprise
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 47.8% Zn Concentrate Production 29000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 29000mt 48wt-pct
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 16.4% Zn Concentrate Production 95600 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 95600mt 16wt-pct
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Milled @ 1.1% Cu; 1.2% Zn 1780000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Milled @ 1.3% Cu; 1.0% Zn 1940000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 48.7% Zn Concentrate Production 26500 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 26500mt 49wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 16.0% Cu Concentrate Production 128000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 128000mt 16wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 17.0% Cu Concentrate Production 115000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 17wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 48.7% Zn Concentrate Production 32000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 32000mt 49wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Milled @ 1.3% Cu; 1.3% Zn 1840000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1991
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Milled @ 1.4% Cu; 1.1% Zn 2010000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
  • Year 1991
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 47.0% Zn Concentrate Production 29000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 29000mt 47wt-pct
  • Year 1991
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 15.5% Cu Concentrate Production 153000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 153000mt 16wt-pct
  • Year 1995
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 47.0% Zn Concentrate Prod. For 1995 23000 Metric Tons (Projected).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 23000mt 47wt-pct
  • Year 1995
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 15.0% Cu Concentrate Prod. For 1995 127800 Metric Tons (Projected).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 127800mt 15wt-pct
  • Year 1995
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Milled @ 1.3% Cu; 0.8% Zn For 1995 1770000 Metric Tons (Projected).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THE SIBAI CONCENTRATOR WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1959, AND IT WAS MODERNISED IN 1990. ORE BENEFICATION: THREE STAGE CRUSHING IN PRIMARY JAW CRUSHERS AND SECONDARY AND TERTIARY CONE CRUSHERS IS FOLLOWED BY THREE STAGES OF BALL MILLING. THE BALL MILLS OPERATE IN CLOSED CIRCUIT WITH 500 MILLIMETER AND 360 MILIMETER CYCLONES TO PRODUCE A FEED TO THE COPPER ROUGHERS WITH 80 TO 95 PERCENT PASSING 74 MICRONS. THE COPPER ROUGHER CONCENTRATE IS RE-GROUND AND CLEANED. THE COPPER ROUGHER TAIL FEEDS THE ZINC FLOTATION SECTION. COPPER, ZINC, AND PYRITE CONCENTRATES ARE FILTERED. TAILINGS ARE PUMPED TO A DAM 1.5 KILOMETERS FROM THE CONCENTRATOR. ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION: A SYSTEM FOR THE PURIFICATION OF WASTE WATER IS NEEDED. THERE IS A DUST PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORAGE OF PYRITE CONCENTRATE, AND A PROPER STORAGE FACILITY IS REQUIRED. CONCENTRATOR MANAGEMENT IS KEEN TO RECLAIM AND CULTIVATE OLD TAILINGS DAMS. COST INFORMATION: IN 1990, THE COST OF MILLING ONE METRIC TON OF ORE WAS R5.70. POTENTIAL FOR EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT: THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OR DEVELOPMENT.

Comments on other economic factors

  • ORE IS SUPPLIED BY FOUR MINES: THE SIBAI AND BAKR-TAU MINES, WHICH SUPPLY 35 PERCENT OF THE ORE; AND THE TAISKI AND THE ZHEZKENT MINES, WHICH SUPPLY 65 PERCENT OF THE ORE. CONCENTRATES ARE SHIPPED TO THE FOLLOWING DESTINATIONS: COPPER CONCENTRATE GOES TO THE SREDNEURALSK COPPER SMELTER, ZINC CONCENTRATE GOES TO THE CHELIABINSK ELECTROLYTIC ZINC PLANT, AND THE PYRITE CONCENTRATE GOES TO VARIOUS CHEMICAL ENTERPRISES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE COPPER,

  • Deposit

    LEAD, AND ZINC INDUSTRIES OF THE FORMER USSR, VOL. 2,

  • Deposit

    PP. 195-97 (1992).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-FEB-1995 Collins, Dan U.S. Bureau of Mines

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