Electrozinc has assembled the longest part of the mist separator flue to the new sanitary discharge pipe at its sulfuric acid shop. The work is being done under the reconstruction and modernization program to improve the sanitation situation in the city of Vladikavkaz. To assemble the flue with the length of 30 meters, diameter of…
UGMK-Holding and CINF (China) have carried out the fourth round of negotiations on designing and construction of a new zinc electrolysis shop at Electrozinc in the city of Vladikavkaz, which will produce 96 thousand tons of zinc and zinc-aluminum alloy per year. This year Electrozinc will finish the project and design work on construction. “We…
Electrozinc has started testing the new ball mill at the hydrometallurgical shop. The company aims at decreasing environment impact, increasing the zinc solution quality and as the result decreasing expenses to 43 million rubles per year. The results of the new mill operation are positive – the grinding reaches the necessary 0.1 mm, and the…
This year Electrozinc will complete the overhaul of the sulfuric acid mill. According to the company statement, the main assets are the absorber and the transformer substation. When the absorber is put into operation, the gas purification will increase to 99.99%. The total cost of the absorber construction is 186 million rubles, and the construction…
In a month the repair of the rotary-kiln No. 3 at Electrozinc, a part of UMCC, will be complete. The kiln with the capacity of 4 tons of charge has been shut down earlier this year. The capital repair of the rotary-kiln is one of the most complex overhauls. Total investments in the repair reached…
The electrolyte shop of Electrozinc, a part of UMMC, has put into operation the first induction furnace after the planned overhaul. The furnace is used to smelt cathode zinc into ingots. The repairs of the furnace with the output of 90 tons per day lasted for half a year. The capital repairs cost over 2…
In 2017 Electrozinc, a part of UMMC, will invest 476 million rubles (up by 19% YoY) into the repair, replacement of the old and purchase of new equipment. Maintenance repairs of 420 objects including 23 capital repairs have been scheduled this year at Electrozinc. Their cost is 340 million rubles. 136 million rubles will be…
In 2017 Electrozinc, a part of UMMC, will continue shipping dump clinker for processing at the industrial enterprises of Ural. According to the agreements, the volume of product, received in the process of zinc manufacture, will increase from 21.9 thousand tons in 2016 to 32 thousand tons. Since the year-start over 1 thousand tons of…