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(Facility) Krasnoural'Sk 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. 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 10304295
MAS/MILS ID 4520007014
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Krasnoural'Sk Smelter
Alternate or previous names Krasnoural'Sk, Krasnouralsk Copper Smelter.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 60.06818, 58.34789 (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) 60.06818, 58.34789
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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 1931
Plant type Smelter

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Russia Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Krasnoural'Sk Copper Smelting Enterprise
    Home office Russia
    Year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Blister Copper Production (Estimated) 58000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 58000mt
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Blister Copper Production (Estimated) 61000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 61000mt
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Blister Copper Production (Estimated) 58000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 58000mt
  • Year 1991
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Blister Copper Production (Estimated) 50000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 50000mt
  • Year 1995
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Blister Copper Production (Forecasted) 45000 Metric Tons In Year 1995.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 45000mt

Comments on the production information

  • PLANT STARTED OPERATIONS IN 1931 AND WAS LAST MODERNIZED IN 1971 WITH THE INSTALLATION OF A FIFTH CONVERTER. PLANT USES REVERBERATORY FURNACES AND GASES FROM THE FURNACES ARE NOT COLLECTED. LESS THAT 50% OF GAS EMISSIONS ARE TREATED BY BY A SINGLE CONTACT ACID PLANT. WHILE CAPACITY IS NOMINALLY 65,000 MTPY, FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS IT HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 45,000. IF FINANCING BECOMES AVAILABLE, THERE ARE PLANS TO INTRODUCE VANYUKOV TECHNOLOGY.

Comments on other economic factors

  • FEED COMES FROM THE UCHALI MINE, AS WELL AS THE KRASNOURALSK AND TURJIN CONCENTRATORS. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CONC WAS PROCESSED FROM THE ERDENET MINE IN MONGOLIA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX MINING REPORT. OCT. 8-15, 1993, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    STRISHKOV, E. M. THE COPPER INDUSTRY OF THE USSR. MINING

  • Deposit

    MAGAZINE. MARCH 1979, P. 242-253, MAY 1979, P. 429-441.

  • Deposit

    SHABAD, T. SOVIET GEOGRAPHY. V. 10, 1969, 569 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW-HILL PUBLICATION, NEW YORK, 1973, P. 133-146.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMIT, LONDON, THE COPPER,

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VOL. 3, PP. 53-56 (1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLANT SOLD AT AUCTION OCT. 29, 1993 FOR PRIVATIZATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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