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(Facility) Ust Kamenogorsk Zinc Smelter

Plant in Kazakhstan with commodities Cadmium, Indium, Mercury, Selenium, Tellurium, Thallium, Zinc, Refiner
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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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255193
MAS/MILS ID 4590007009
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Ust Kamenogorsk Zinc Smelter
Alternate or previous names Kamenogorsk, Oust Kamenogorsk, East Kazakhstan Copper-Chemical Com

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 82.6004, 49.96452 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO NEAREST TOWN BASED ON DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY MAP ONC E-6.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cadmium Tertiary
Indium Critical Secondary
Mercury Tertiary
Selenium Secondary
Tellurium Critical Secondary
Thallium Tertiary
Zinc, Refiner Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 82.6004, 49.96452
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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 1941
Plant type Smelter

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kazakhstan Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ust-Kamenogorsk Lead And Zinc Complex
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1991

Comments on the production information

  • PLANT RECOVERS BYPRODUCTS OF CADMIUM, INDIUM, SELENIUM, THALLIUM MERCURY, AND TELLURIUM.
  • THE PLANT CAPACITY WAS 300000 MTPY.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 100 wt-pct Zinc 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PLANT IS A COMPLEX OF FACILITIES, CONSISTING OF AN ELECTROLYTIC ZINC PLANT, A LEAD PLANT, A TITANIUM-MAGNESIUM PLANT, AN ACID PLANT, AND A BERYLLIUM PLANT. EACH OF THESE PLANTS ARE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. CAPACITY OF ZINC PLANT IS 300,000 MTPY SLAB ZINC. THE PLANT IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING MODERNIZATION WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF SAMSUNG CORP. (JAPAN), REQUIRING CAPITAL OF $50-60 MILLION. THE PLANT IS CURRENTLY (1992) PRODUCING AT 140,000 TPY.

Comments on the workings information

  • FROM THE LEAD/ZINC COMPLEX, EMISSIONS WERE 37T/YR PB, 283T OF ZINC OXIDE, 9455T OF SO2.

Comments on other economic factors

  • FEED GRADE AVERAGES 48% IN 1990. 1990 SOURCES OF FEED: BELOUSOV (8.8%), BERYOZOV (9.9%), ZIRYANOVSK (19.5%), TEKELI (11.8%), AKJAL (14.2%), KENTAU (9.2%), KARAGAILI (3.8%), NICOLAYEV (4.7%), ZHEZKENT (1.7%), DZHEZKAZKAN (1.4%), MAIKAIN (O.9%), IMPORTS VIA TUAPSE (4.1%).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Commodity

    METAL BULLETIN, P. 5 (FEB. 4, 1993).

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL. THE ECONOMICS OF ZINC. 1990.

  • Deposit

    WORLD BANK. A STUDY OF THE SOVIET ECONOMY. FEB. 1991.

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX. MINING REPORT. MAY 4, 1992.

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX. MINING REPORT. JULY 31, 1992.

  • Deposit

    CRU STUDY. 1991.

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN. APRIL 29, 1993.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA FROM COMD. SPEC. 1997. LEAD IN NOT PRODUCED, ZINC AT 15000 MT PER YEAR AND BISMUTH METAL AT 70 MT PER YEAR. DATA AS OF 1995.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-1997 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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