(Facility) Monchegorsk Refinery

Plant in Russia with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Refiner
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. Mining district
  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 10303905
MAS/MILS ID 4520008010
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Monchegorsk Refinery
Alternate or previous names Severonikel Refinery.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 32.92, 67.88174 (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
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Copper Primary
Nickel, Refiner Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 32.92, 67.88174

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Electrostatic

Mining district

District name Monchegorsk

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Russia Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Description Ni Production 143000 Mt Contained Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Nickel, Refiner Nickel 143000mt
  • Year 1991
    Description Ni Production 132000 Mt Contained Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Nickel, Refiner Nickel 132000mt
  • Year 1992
    Description Ni Production 105000 Mt Contained Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Nickel, Refiner Nickel 105000mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Ni Capacity 150000 Mt Contained Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Nickel, Refiner Nickel 150000mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PLANT HAS THE CAPACITY TO PRODUCE 142,000 MTPY NICKEL, 60,000 MTPY COPPER, 55,000 MTPY BLISTER COPPER, 2,000 MTPY COBALT, PGM CONCENTRATES, AND 330,000 MTPY SULPHURIC ACID. MINPROC ENGINEERS HAS A CONTRACT TO BUILD A 15,000 MTPY PLANT TO PRODUCE GRADE A COPPER CATHODES.

Comments on other economic factors

  • IN RECENT YEARS, PRODUCTION WAS STOPPED AT THE MONCHA DEPOSIT, WHICH PROVIDED RAW MATERIALS FOR THE NICKEL PLANT IN MONCHEGORSK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Commodity

    INTERFAX, MINING REPORT, P. 13 (MARCH 5-12, 1993).

  • Production

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

  • Production

    P. 49. (ALL INFO IS CONFIDENTIAL)

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL. THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL 1991.

  • Deposit

    TELEWIAK. SOVIET NICKEL SUPPLY. PRES. AT AMERICAN METAL

  • Deposit

    MARKET NICKEL FORUM, PITTSBURGH, PA, MAY 15, 1991.

  • Deposit

    *NICKEL NEWS, JAN. 9, 1993, ISSUE NO. 2/52, P. 9.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION BASED ON DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY MAP ONC C-2. *A HURRICANE BLOWING AT 50 M/SEC (112 MPH) ACROSS THE KOLA PENINSULA CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO POWER PLANTS AND PORT FACILITIES. NICKEL PRODUCTION WAS NOT AFFECTED AS THE PLANT WAS RUNNING AT 50% CAPACITY DUE TO POOR DOMESTIC DEMAND. HOW- EVER, A SHIP BOUND FOR ROTTERDAM, CARRYING SEVERAL THOUSAND MT OF NICKEL WAS UNABLE TO SAIL FROM MURMANSK. (1/93 NICKEL NEWS)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-95 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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