(Facility) Ufalei Nickel Smelter Ufaly

Plant in Russia with commodity Nickel, Smelter
Sections on this page
  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 10206990
MAS/MILS ID 4520007441
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Ufalei Nickel Smelter Ufaly

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 60.21809, 56.0479 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES FOR THE UFALEI NICKEL SMELTER WERE TAKEN FROM THE UFALEI NICKEL REFINERY, SINCE THEY ARE ASSUMED TO BE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME. THE UFALEY SMELTER/REFINERY IS LOCATED ABOUT 100 KILOMETERS SOUTHWEST OF SVERDLOVSK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel, Smelter Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 60.21809, 56.0479

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Smelter

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Description Ni Production 18000 Mt Contained Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Nickel, Smelter Nickel 18000mt
  • Year 1991
    Description Ni Production 18000 Mt Contained Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Nickel, Smelter Nickel 18000mt
  • Year 1992
    Description Ni Production 7000 Mt Contained Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Nickel, Smelter Nickel 7000mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Ni Capacity 20000 Mt Contained Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Nickel, Smelter Nickel 20000mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Ni Production 4000 Mt Contained Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Nickel, Smelter Nickel 4000mt
  • Year 1994
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ni Forecast Production 0 Mt Contained Ni

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    *NICKEL QUARTERLY MARKET SERVICE, JAN. 1994, CRU INT'L LTD,

  • Production

    P.49.

  • Deposit

    THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL STUDY GROUP, WORLD DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    OF NICKEL PRODUCTION FACILITIES, (APRIL 1993).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-95 Collins, Dan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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