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(Facility) Mednogorsk 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 10304197
MAS/MILS ID 4520007027
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Mednogorsk Copper Smelter
Alternate or previous names No Other Known Name.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 57.56803, 51.41468 (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

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 57.56803, 51.41468
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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 1939
Plant type Smelter

Mining district

District name Mednogorsk

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 Mednogorsk Copper-Sulphur Enterprise
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Concentrates Smelted @ 10.8% Copper 167000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 167000mt 11wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Copper Production 32500 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 32500mt
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Percent Sulphur Recovery 30.7% (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Sulfur Sulfur 31wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Percent Capacity Utilisation 81.2% (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 81wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THE PLANT WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1939. SOME MODERNISATION IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT IN 1959. THE CONCENTRATE IS DRIED IN A DRUM DRIER AND IS PELLETISED OR BRIQUETTED BEFORE SMELTING IN A BLAST FURNACE. THE EXHAUST GAS IS TREATED THROUGH CYCLONES AND THE COLLECTED DUST IS RECYCLED TO THE FURNACE. SOME DUST IS SEPARATED TO PRODUCE A ZINC-RICH CLINKER. THE SLAG IS SOLD FOR ROAD-BUILDING WITHOUT FURTHER CLEANING. THE BLISTER IS CAST INTO CAKES AND RAILED TO THE KYSHTYM REFINERY, 700 KILOMETERS AWAY. MOST VALUABLE BY-PRODUCTS COLLECT IN THE BLISTER AND ARE EXTRACTED AT THE COPPER REFINERIES. THE ZINC IN THE FEED IS VAPORISED AND COLLECTED IN THE CYCLONE DUSTS FROM WHICH A ZINC-RICH CLINKER IS EXTRACTED. THE BLAST FURNACE GASES CONTAINING 3.5 TO 5.5 PERCENT SO2 ARE CONVERTED TO 92.5 PERCENT SULPHURIC ACID IN A SINGLE CONTACT ACID PLANT. THE COST OF SMELTING IN 1990 WAS R227 PER METRIC TON OF CONCENTRATE. THE BREAKDOWN OF THESE COSTS IS GIVEN AS LABOR, 4.7 PERCENT; ENERGY 5.7 PERCENT; AND "OTHER", 89.6 PERCENT. IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE COST OF FEED IS INCLUDED WITH "OTHER" COSTS. SHORTAGE OF ACID PLANT CAPACITY LEADS TO POOR SULPHUR RECOVERY. THE RESTRICTION OF GAS CLEANING EQUIPMENT TO CYCLONES PROBABLY LEADS TO HIGH DUST EMISSIONS. THE ONLY DEVELOPMENT PLANNED IS AN INCREASE IN ZINC OXIDE PRODUCTION BY BETWEEN 100 AND 150 PERCENT. THE OTHER PLANT ON THE SITE IS "URALELECTROMOTOR".

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN 1997 COMMODITY SPECIALIST REPORT CAP IN LISTED AS 40,000 MT CU CONTAINED IN CONCENTRATES. DATA OF REPORT IS AS OF 1995.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE COPPER,

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PP. 57-59 (1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SITE IS HILLY, IN THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF THE URALS. THE CLIMATE IS CONTINENTAL.
Deposit PLANT HAS 120 MILLION MT OF TAILINGS, CONTAINING 29% CU, 29% FE, & 0.8% ZN. THIS WILL REQUIRE A 40 MILL$ INVESTMENT.

Reporter information

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

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