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Krasnouralsk Concentrator

Plant in Russia with commodities Copper, Vanadium
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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 10158021
MAS/MILS ID 4520000252
Record type Site
Current site name Krasnouralsk Concentrator
Alternate or previous names Krasnouralsk Complex

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 60.0015, 58.41459 (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
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 60.0015, 58.41459
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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 1930
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)

Mining district

District name Krasnouralsk

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 Krasnouralsk Copper Smelting Enterprise
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Concentrate Production @ 16.8% Copper 47000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 47000mt 17wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Milled @ 0.8% Copper 1245000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1245000mt 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION COMMENCED IN 1930. THE CONCENTRATOR WAS MODERNISED BETWEEN 1981 AND 1985. ORE BENEFICIATION IS THROUGH THREE STAGES OF CRUSHING AND SCREENING WHICH IS FOLLOWED BY PRIMARY GRINDING IN ROD MILLS. SECONDARY AND TERTIARY GRINDING IS CARRIED OUT IN BALL MILLS. THE RE-GROUND CONCENTRATE PASSES THROUGH TWO CLEANER STAGES OF MAGNETIC SEPARATION BEFORE DEWATERING. THE FINAL COPPER CONCENTRATE CONTAINS 12 TO 14 PERCENT MOISTURE AND HAS THE FOLLOWING IMPURITIES: 1.4 PERCENT ZINC, 0.45 PERCENT LEAD, AND 0.03 PERCENT ARSENIC. TAILINGS ARE PUMPED TO A DAM WHICH IS 1 KILOMETER FROM THE CONCENTRATOR. THE RECLAMATION AND CULTIVATION OF LAND OCCUPIED BY THE TAILINGS DAM IS DESIRABLE. IN 1990 THE COST OF MILLING ONE METRIC TON OF ORE WAS R12.88.

Comments on other economic factors

  • IN 1991, ALL ORE WAS SUPPLIED BY THE VOLKOV MINE WHICH IS 27 KILOMETERS FROM THE CONCENTRATOR. THE ORE FROM THE VOLKOV MINE IS TRANSPORTED BY RAIL. OF THE COPPER CONCENTRATES PRODUCED IN 1989, 98.8 PERCENT WERE TREATED AT THE NEARBY KRASNOURALSK SMELTER; 0.6 PERCENT AT MEDNOGORSK; AND 0.5 PERCENT AT ALMALIC.

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. 217-19 (1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 1997 COMOD SPEC. REPORT; "RUSSIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY FOR 1995", LISTS THIS COMPLEX AS BOTH A CONCENTRATOR AND A COPPER SMELTER WITH A COPPER METAL CAPACITY OF 60,000MTPYR DATA IS AS OF 1995. ALSO VANADIUM WAS NOT LISTED AS A PRODUCT.

Reporter information

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

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