In 2019, Uralelectromed produced 413,346 tons of cathode copper, up by 3.2% YoY. This is the highest output ever. According to the chief engineer Alexei Korolyev, the high result is due to stable raw materials deliveries as well as using highly efficient machinery in the new copper electrolysis shop. The company has also increased blue…
Uralelectromed has put into operation its second Outotec pelletizing furnace. The capacity of the machine is 2.6 tons of slurry per day. The operation of two furnaces will increase the efficiency of processing raw materials containing precious metals. The duration of smelting will decrease by 20%, while at the same time increasing the output of…
The Proizvodstvo polimetallov (Polymetal Manufacture) subsidiary of Uralelectromed has received a new BelAZ 7540 dump truck. The machine carrying capacity is 30 tons. Daily the company operates some 11 BelAZs. This is the first machine purchased this year. The company also intends to buy a forklift truck and a front-end loader. (Ukrainian metal)
The Uralelectromed subsidiary (Manufacture of Polymetals) has finished the construction of a main overpass. The overpass will have 9 pipelines for air, heat, gas and black oil supply. The preparation to assembly the pipeline will start in December. The construction of the overpass began in 2016. Metal structures weighing 342 tons were used. (Ukrainian metal)
The raw materials acceptance and processing shop of Uralelectromed has started assembling a Velmash stationary crane manipulator. The machine will be used to deliver copper scrap to the press. The cost of the machine is some 2.2 million rubles. The crane manipulator will replace an outdated hydraulic manipulator. The machine has the lifting capacity of…
The copper-smelting shop of Uralelectromed has started assembling works at the anode furnace No. 2 casting complex. Commissioning is scheduled for the second half of July. Similar work has been carried out at the anode furnace No. 3 casting complex and has already allowed decreasing repair and maintenance costs. Previously UEM has modernized casting complexes…
The anode-baking furnace No. 2 at the copper-smelting shop of Uralelectromed has been repaired. It took a month to repair the furnace. The furnace capacity is 350 tons of anode copper per smelting. (Ukrainian metal)
Within the construction of the second stage of the copper electrolysis shop at Uralelectromed, a part of UMMC, a new machine to strip copper cathodes will be put into operation. This would be the same machine as is currently operating in the first stage of the shop, but all the work will be done by…