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(Facility) Irtysh Copper Smelter

Plant in Kazakhstan with commodities Copper, REE
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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 10303959
MAS/MILS ID 4590002001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Irtysh Copper Smelter
Alternate or previous names Irtysh Complex, Irtysh Complex.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 82.31711, 50.09782 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 82.31711, 50.09782
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Plant type Smelter

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Kazakstan.
    Interest 100
    Home office Cis
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ust-Kamenogorsk Lead And Zinc Complex.
    Home office Cis
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Blister Production @ 98% Cu (Estimated) 34000 Metric Tons Of Blister.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 34000mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1988
    Description 10.9% Copper Concentrate Smelted (Est.) 169000 Metric Tons Of Conc.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 169000mt 11wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Blister Production @ 98% Cu (Estimated) 36000 Metric Tons Of Blister.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 36000mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Description 12.2% Copper Concentrate Smelted (Est.) 177000 Metric Tons Of Conc.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 177000mt 12wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Blister Production @ 98% Cu (Estimated) 32000 Metric Tons Of Blister.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 32000mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Description 12.7% Copper Concentrate Smelted (Est.) 156000 Metric Tons Of Conc.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 156000mt 13wt-pct
  • Year 1991
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Blister Production @ 98% Cu (Estimated) 37000 Metric Tons Of Blister.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 37000mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1991
    Description Unknown % Cu Concentrate Smelted (Est.) 182000 Metric Tons Of Conc.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 182000mt
  • Year 1995
    Description Copper 40000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 40000mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN LATE 1993, SARKUYSAN AND FINTRACO WON CONTRACT TO BUILD 40,000 TPY ANODE CASTING PLANT AND REFINERY, AND A 60,000 TPY CC ROD PLANT. CONSTRUCTION DUE IN 1994 AND TAKE 18 MO, IN FINANCING APPROVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, A. MINERAL RESOURCES AND THE ECONOMY OF THE USSR.

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW-HILL PUBLICATION, NEW YORK, 1973, P. 137, 145.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE COPPER,

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PP. 27-31 (1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRTYSHSK IS A CU SMELTER IN KAZAKHSTAN APPARENTLY USED BY THE FOLLOWING MINES: NIKOLAIEVSK, LENINOGORSKI, ZYRIANOV- SKI, ZOLOTUSHINSKI, BELOUSOVSKI AND BERIOZOVSKI. THE PLANT IS IN A FLAT REGION CLOSE TO A RANGE OF HILLS 35 KILOMETERS WEST OF UST-KAMENOGORSK. THE CLIMATE IS DRY AND CONTINENTAL. THERE IS A LEAD OXIDE PLANT NEARBY. THE UST-KAMENOGORSK LEAD AND ZINC COMPLEX, UNDER THE SAME MANAGEMENT, IS ONLY 35 KILOMETERS AWAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAR-1997 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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