The processing factory of the Kola Iron and Steel Company is assembling a new spiral, double-section classifier. The classifier is used to divide ore in water according to size and density. The crushed ore is transferred to the classifier tank from the ball mill. The advantage of the new classifier is that its tank is…
Kola Iron and Steel Company is finishing the testing of the machinery in the zinc-cleaning site of the nickel electrolysis shop. This is one of the components of a new investment project to implement a new electrowinning technique. Instead of traditional anodes insoluble anodes will be used in electrolysis baths. To switch to the new…
The first stage to replace rigging of the electrolysis baths has started in the nickel electrolysis shop of Kola Iron and Steel Company. The work is carried out within the investment project to stop using nickel anodes. Instead, the company will use nickel powder, obtained from tubular furnaces, as raw materials. The trial batch of…
Murmansk region will support the Norilsk Nickel investment project to reconfigure the manufacture at the Kola Iron and Steel Company valued at 25.7 billion rubles. According to the contract, signed by the parties, the project will cover 5 years (2018-2023) and all the Nornickel manufacturing sites in Murmansk region: Zapolyarniy, Nickel and Monchegorsk. As the…
Kola Iron and Steel Company has started constructing a gallery to transport coal from the site of its processing directly to the pelletizing department. At present the company transports this coal with the help of automobiles, which incurs some risks and demands considerable expenses. The length of the conveyer will be 150 meters. The project…
The repair of the ore-smelting furnace No. 3 started in the smelting shop at Kola Iron and Steel Works. According to the schedule, the repair will last for 20 days. One of the main events is the replacement of over 800 square meters of roof above the furnace. Unlike the old structure, the new one…
Severniy Mine, the main supplier of raw materials to Kola Iron and Steel Works, will be in development until 2060. “We intend to further develop the south underground site and reach the next horizon – 740 meters, which will allow us to prolong its operation till 2060”, Kola mineral and raw materials complex deputy CEO…
Norilsk Nickel has started replacing bridge cranes in the nickel electrolysis shop of Kola Iron and Steel Works. It is planned to assemble 8 new bridge cranes with the cost of some 200 million rubles. The maximum lifting capacity of each new crane will be 20 tons. The replacement of cranes is one stage of…
The refining shop of Kola Iron and Steel Works has started commissioning of the new technology to clear shop dust of lead. This is a part of the investment project on unique nickel manufacture technology of arc-extraction. Instead of smelting nickel anodes the company will use nickel powder from tube-type furnaces. The cost of the…
The first complex of new electrolysis baths has started operating at the nickel electrolysis shop of Kola Iron and Steel Company, a part of Nornickel. The project to implement the new highly efficient technology of electric extraction presupposes the use of nickel powder instead of nickel anodes. The first stage of the program envisions 42…
Members of the Murmansk Regional Duma have held an on-site meeting at Kola MMC that focused on the company’s environmental protection policy and improvement in environmental performance. The deputies reviewed the company’s environmental efforts and the progress of the Year of the Environment initiatives. Regional MPs paid a visit to the disposal facility for saline…