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Talnakh Concentrator

Producer in Russia with commodities Copper, Nickel
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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 10279587
MAS/MILS ID 4520000249
Record type Site
Current site name Talnakh Concentrator
Alternate or previous names No Other Known Name.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 88.03364, 69.34781 (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
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 88.03364, 69.34781
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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 1981

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 Norilsk Nickel
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Concentrate Production @ 26.4% Copper 450000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 450000mt 26wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Milled @ 3.97% Copper; 2.9% Nickel 4000000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Nickel Nickel 3wt-pct
    Major Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THERE ARE THREE CIRCUITS IN OPERATION AT THE PRESENT TIME. THE FIRST WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1981, THE SECOND IN 1982, AND THE THIRD IN 1987. A FOURTH CIRCUIT IS DUE TO START UP IN 1992. THE RUN-OF-MINE ORE IS REDUCED IN A PRIMARY CONE CRUSHER. THE UNDERSIZE IS FED TO A HEAVY MEDIA PLANT WHICH SEPARATES A HEAVY MASSIVE SULPHIDE FRACTION FROM A LIGHTER DISSEMINATED ORE FRACTION. THE TWO FRACTIONS ARE PROCESSED SEPARATELY. THE TAILINGS ARE PUMPED IN SLURRY BY PIPELINE TO A DAM LOCATED 20 KILOMETERS FROM THE CONCENTRATOR. IN 1990, THE COST OF MILLING ONE METRIC TON OF ORE WAS R8.50.

Comments on other economic factors

  • IN 1990, ALL ORE WAS SUPPLIED BY THREE MINES IN THE TALNAKHY AREA, THE KOMSOMOL MINE, THE OKTYABR MINE, AND THE TAIMIR MINE. ALL ARE LOCATED WITHIN 5 KILOMETERS OF THE CONCENTRATOR. COPPER CONCENTRATES ARE DELIVERED TO THE NORILSK COPPER SMELTER AND TO THE NADEZHDA METALLURGICAL PLANT, A NICKEL SMELTER, WHICH IS ALSO OPERATED BY NORILSK ENTERPRISE. CONCENTRATE IS PUMPED TO TO THE NADEZHDA WORKS IN THE FORM OF A SLURRY.

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. 235-37 (1992).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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