UGMK CEO Andrei Kozitsyn and Ultramar LLC chairman Andrei Bonch-Bruyevich have signed an agreement on a joint production of ammonium sulfate with the capacity of 500 thousand tons per year on the basis of Sredneuralsky Copper-Smelting Works. Investments will reach 4.8 billion rubles. The decision has been taken in view of optimal raw materials provision,…
The board of directors of Sredneuralsk Copper Smelting Works at its meeting on October 22 approved of opening a credit line for 5.6 billion rubles with Gazprombank. The interest rate will be 12% in rubles and 9% in euros and dollars. The funds will be borrowed in order to refinance the company liabilities to other…
Sredneuralsk Copper-Smelting Works has put into operation a new Aspeks system of gas purification in the converter department of its copper shop. Investments in the system implementation reached 300 million rubles. The system has been assembled at all the four converters. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June Sredneuralsky Copper Smelting Works reports increase in revenue. In particular, its amount has grown almost 2-fold YoY, from 9.19 billion rubles to 16.71 billion rubles. Gross profit totaled 2.73 billion rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
By 2020 Sredneuralsky Copper-Smelting Works will have replaced 10 electrostatic precipitators, which have been operating since 1970s, with 5 new ones made by Kondor-Eco. The first three precipitators will be supplied in December, and the last two in early 2019. The new equipment will decrease dust content in converter gases 10-fold, as well as water…
Sredneuralsky Copper Smelting Works has put into operation the Vanyukov furnace No. 1 after capital repairs. The project envisioned the repair of the metallic frame of the furnace, loading tract, matte and slag mixers, refractory lining, etc. SUMZ repairs furnaces every two years. Thus, each year one of the SUMZ furnaces is repaired. (Ukrainian metal)
Sredneuralsky Copper-Smelting Works has started the scheduled repair of the Vanyukov furnace No. 1. The company intends to invest some 238 million rubles in the repair. The furnace commissioning is scheduled for June 8. The Vanyukov furnace No. 1 was put into operation in 1994, and No. 2 in 2009. (Ukrainian metal)
In 10 years Sredneuralsky Copper Works has processed over a quarter (26%) of metal slag, accumulated during 78 years of operation. According to the SUMZ chief environment engineer Marina Sycheva, each year the processing factory produces over 60 thousand tons of copper concentrate, which the works uses in its manufacture. Another product of slag processing…
