The output of Chelyabinsk Zinc Works, a major facility of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC), amounted to 50,851 tons of commercial zinc, 239 tons of cadmium, and 1,729 tons of indium in January-March, the plant said in a statement. CEO Pavel Izbrekht attributed the result to upgrading. In 2018, the company invested 1.3…
In 2018 Chelyabinsk Zinc Works increased output by 4.3% YoY, to 200.9 thousand tons of zinc. The company also produced 4.013 tons of indium (+3.8%), 926.9 tons of cadmium (+6.7%) and 332.4 thousand tons of sulfur acid (+4.2%). 76.2% of the zinc produced was sold domestically. In 2016-2017 the share of the domestic market was…
In 2018 Chelyabinsk Zinc Works received 1.92 billion rubles of net profit, down 2.8-fold YoY. At the same time the revenue grew by13.9%, to 33.78 billion rubles. A part of the profit was spent to construct the Korbalikhinsky mine (3 billion rubles). Without this spending the net profit would have reached some 5 billion rubles.…
Under the program to diversify manufacture Chelyabinsk Zinc Works has produced a trial batch of tin-indium alloy. The POIn-52 alloy contains 52% of indium and 48% of tin. “The main advantage of the alloy is its low temperature of melting (121 degrees C). This allows it to unite thin wares, which are afraid of high…
Chelyabinsk Zinc Works has put into operation new machinery in the hydrometallurgical shop. The machine is used to filtrate flotation products and zinc cake underflow. The filter-press was supplied by Fraccaroli & Balzan, Italy. The hydrometallurgical shop now operates 11 filter-presses. The capacity of the new machine is 40 dry metric tons of cake per…
In 2018 Chelyabinsk Zinc Works received 32 billion rubles of revenue, with net profit at 1.8 billion rubles. “This is slightly below the 2017 level, as a part of the profit has been spent on the construction of the Korbalikhinskiy mine (3 billion rubles). Thus, the profit could have been some 5 billion rubles”, the…
Next year Chelyabinsk Zinc Works intends to increase zinc and alloys output by 4.7% YoY, to 200 thousand tons. This is the maximum capacity of the plant. The further increase of output is as yet impossible. Following a large fire at Electrozinc in October and its subsequent shut down, ChelZinc remains the only UMMC enterprise…
Recently some media have circulated information that UGMK has decided to shut down Electrozinc in Vladikavkaz. Citizens of Chelyabinsk are worried that the capacity will be transferred to their town and Chelyabinsk Zinc Works will increase output by a third. But ChelZinc says it has not received any info on the need to increase output…