The Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) is one of the largest metallurgical holdings, which unites more than 40 enterprises of various industries. The basis of the company is a closed technological chain of copper production: from the extraction of raw materials to production finished products based on copper and its alloys. UMMC accounts for 43.4% of Russian copper (1.8% of the world volume). In addition, the company has a strong position in the market of zinc, lead and precious metals.
1. The head office of the UMMC is located in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, not far from Yekaterinburg.
2. The Uralelectromed plant is also located here, from which the creation of the holding began.
Copper production begins with the extraction of raw materials. This is done by 9 enterprises of the mineral resource complex of the company. Each of the deposits has its own characteristics - on one the copper content in the ore can be 1.5%, and on the other - up to 2.5%.
3. The largest enterprise in the raw material complex. Located in Guy Orenburg region. More than 70% of the region's copper reserves are concentrated here.
4. Ore is mined here both in an open pit and in an underground mine.
5. The maximum depth of the lower production horizons will be 1,310 meters. This is one of the few enterprises in Russia that mines copper at such a great depth.
6. Drilling tunnel complex.
7. Every year the company mines about 8 million tons of ore and produces 550 thousand tons of copper concentrate (more than 90 thousand tons of copper).
8. All mined ores are processed at the plant's own processing plant. To beneficiate the ore, it is necessary to separate the gangue minerals from valuable minerals, then separate the minerals of copper and zinc, and, if necessary, lead, if its content in the ore is high enough.
9. At the processing plant, concentrates are produced from the mined ore. Copper concentrate is sent to copper smelters, in particular, to the Mednogorsk copper and sulfur plant and the Sredneuralsk copper smelter in Revda, and zinc concentrate to the zinc plant in Chelyabinsk and Electrozinc in Vladikavkaz.
10. . It is located in the north of the Sverdlovsk region.
11. Copper-zinc ore is mined here, which, after processing at the crushing and screening complex, is transported to the Svyatogora processing plant located in the city of Krasnouralsk.
12. In March 2014, open pit mining of the Tarnier deposit was completed. Now the enterprise is developing the Shemurskoye field and is starting to develop the Novo-Shemurskoye field.
13. Due to the inaccessibility of the mine, mining here is carried out on a rotational basis.
14. . The Sibai quarry is the deepest quarry in Russia and the second deepest in the world. Its depth was 504 meters, and its diameter was more than two kilometers.
16. For safety at the mine, remote control of the LHD (Loading and Dumping Machine) is used.
17. Copper and zinc concentrates produced at the Uchalinsky GOK are subsequently supplied to the Sredneuralsky copper smelter, Svyatogor, Electrozinc, Chelyabinsk zinc plant.
18. . The enterprise develops the Yubileinoye deposit and specializes in the extraction and processing of copper-bearing ores. Copper concentrate is sent to the Sredneuralsk copper smelter, zinc concentrate - to the Chelyabinsk zinc plant.
19. At present, open pit mining of the Yubileinoye deposit is being completed, in connection with this, the enterprise is building an underground mine.
20. The reserves of the underground mine are estimated by experts at about 100 million tons, which will provide the enterprise with work for more than 30 years.
21. At the Khaibullinskaya enrichment plant, modern equipment from Japan, Australia, South Africa, Italy, Finland and Germany. Enrichment makes it possible to obtain copper concentrate with a copper content of up to 20%, which is almost 13 times higher than in ore. The degree of zinc enrichment is even higher - 35 times or more, while the mass fraction of zinc in zinc concentrate reaches 50–52%.
22. . The plant is engaged in the extraction and enrichment of copper ore, which is sent to the Mednogorsk copper and sulfur plant. In July 2015, the Yuzhny shaft with a depth of 492 meters was launched at the Mining and Processing Plant with the delivery of the first car of rock mass. The first ore in the shaft will be mined in mid-2016. The construction of a new facility will increase project term operation of the enterprise until 2030.
23. . The enterprise is developing the Safyanovsky copper-pyrite deposit, which is located in the Sverdlovsk region and occupies about 3% of the all-Russian production of copper-bearing ores.
24. Over the entire period of operation of the open pit, 17.8 million tons of ore were mined and more than 39.7 million cubic meters of overburden work were carried out. To date, its depth is 185 meters (in the future it will increase to 265 meters). At present, open pit mining of the Safyanovskoye deposit is being completed, and the enterprise is switching to underground ore mining.
25. In December 2014, the first start-up complex of the underground mine was put into operation and the first tons of ore were mined.
26. It is assumed that the mining of ore from the deep horizons of the Safyanovskoye deposit will be carried out for at least 25 years.
27. . Carries out the extraction and enrichment of copper pyrite ore in the foothills of the North Caucasus.
28. Currently, ore is being mined at a depth of 523 meters.
29. The main product of the enterprise is copper concentrate, in addition to copper, gold and silver are also extracted.
thirty. . The company is located in the city of Rubtsovsk Altai Territory. The main products are copper and zinc concentrates, which are supplied to the Sredneuralsky copper smelter and the Chelyabinsk zinc plant.
31. Sibir-Polymetals was established in 1998 with the aim of reviving the extraction of polymetallic ores in the Altai Territory.
33. The presence of the Rubtsovskaya and Zarechenskaya concentrating plants in the enterprise makes it possible to have a complete technological cycle for processing mined ore.
Blister copper production
34. Blister copper is obtained by smelting copper concentrate and separating slag. The metal content in blister copper is 98-99%.
The enterprise of a full technological cycle for the production of blister copper, located in the Sverdlovsk region. Copper and copper-zinc ores from the deposits of the Northern Group are processed at the processing plant, which produces 3 types of concentrate - copper, iron and zinc.
35. The main production site of Svyatogor is the metallurgical shop. From here, blister copper is sent for further processing to Uralelectromed.
36. . The city-forming enterprise of the city of Mednogorsk in the Orenburg region, specializing in the production of blister copper.
37. The production facilities of MMSK include a copper smelter, a briquette factory, a sulfuric acid shop, a dust processing shop, and a number of auxiliary units.
39. Over its 75-year history, the enterprise has produced over 1.5 million tons of blister copper.
40. . The largest enterprise for the production of blister copper in the UMMC, located in the city of Revda (Sverdlovsk region). The plant's capacities are designed to produce about 150,000 tons of blister copper, which is then sent for further processing to Uralelectromed.
41. The founding date of the plant is June 25, 1940. To date, SUMZ has already smelted more than 6 million tons of blister copper.
42. After the completion of a large-scale reconstruction, the degree of utilization of off-gases, including converters, reached 99.7%. The consumers of SUMZ products are the largest metallurgical, chemical, mining and processing enterprises in Russia, near and far abroad.
43. . One of oldest enterprises North Ossetia, located in the city of Vladikavkaz.
44. The founding date of the plant is November 4, 1904, when the first Russian metal zinc was obtained at the enterprise.
45. The main product of the enterprise is refined zinc (with a content of 99.9%), as well as lead, which is obtained from copper smelter waste.
46. . The parent company of UMMC, located in the city of Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk region.
47. Every year the enterprise produces over 380 thousand tons of refined copper - the most in Russia!
49. The company supplies its products to partners from 15 countries of Europe, Northern and South America, South-East Asia.
50. In addition to copper, the company produces gold and silver. Uralelectromed became the world's first copper enterprise included in the Good Delivery list of recognized global producers of precious metals by the London Precious Metals Market Association.
51. Gold is produced using hydrochemical technology by dissolving gold products in "royal vodka" (a mixture of salt and nitric acid) and subsequent precipitation from solutions. When the precipitate is melted down, gold ingots are obtained.
52. Branch "Production of polymetals" OJSC "Uralelectromed". Located in the city of Kirovgrad, Sverdlovsk region. The company specializes in the production of blister copper and zinc oxide.
metalworking
UMMC-OCM was created to manage non-ferrous metal processing enterprises. Their products are used in automotive, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering.
55. The company exports rolled products to the USA, countries Western Europe, Southeast Asia and neighboring countries.
Sochi Olympic coins and Indian rupees were made from the coin ribbon of the Kirov OCM plant. The thickness of the thinnest foil produced at the enterprise is 25 microns. Which is three times thinner than a human hair.
56. . Located in the Vladimir region, it produces more than 20 thousand standard sizes of products in the form of pipes, bars and profiles from 72 grades of alloys.
57. In terms of the variety of finished products, the enterprise is the only universal manufacturer of rolled products in the CIS.
58. The Kolchuginsky plant also makes the famous cup holders that each of us has seen on long-distance trains.
59. . It is located near the town of Maidanpek in the Republic of Serbia. Specializes in the production of copper pipes for water supply, heating, cooling and air conditioning systems.
60. The plant exports more than 80% of its products. Copper pipes are presented in the markets of Great Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Canada, Holland, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Israel and the countries of the former Yugoslavia.
61. . The plant is one of the leaders among enterprises producing products for mechanical engineering.
Proud mining enterprises in Russia form the basic industry of the entire economy. The development of enterprises brings the country a stable position and independence from foreign markets.
world ranking
Historically, Russia has been rich in mineral resources. Thanks to the development of mineral resources, the country occupies a leading position in the world market. Large reserves do not always mean unequivocal leadership, for example, the Russian Federation has an overwhelming leadership in the world ranking in terms of iron ore reserves, but their iron content is low. The same situation is with titanium, tin, tungsten and many other metal-containing minerals.
Differ from general position Norilsk fields, where the quality of the extracted raw materials is characterized by high rates. Today, large mining enterprises of Russia operate there, where they develop raw materials for the production of nickel (20% of the world market), cobalt (10%), copper (3%). A significant amount of platinum, tellurium, and palladium is supplied to the world market from the Norilsk mines. According to experts, the Norilsk reserves will last for 30 years.
Russia produces 48 types of mineral raw materials, which makes it the absolute leader among 166 mining countries. Most of the countries participating in the market operate with a more modest list - up to 10 types of minerals. The share of the Russian mining industry in world production is about 10%, which allows it to occupy the third position in the ranking.
Industry issues
The main problem of mining in Russia is the lack of systematic exploration. All state projects in this direction have been discontinued since 1966. Modern system subsoil use by private developers does not stimulate research. As a result, the threat to the entire industry is growing. Most of the known deposits are already on the verge of depletion of reserves, and new ones are not being discovered and there is no planned scientific exploration of the subsoil.
This situation leads to the dependence of metallurgical plants on external supplies. Aluminum production at domestic enterprises is directly dependent on the components. Bauxite and alumina are required for metal production, and their production is gradually declining. The share of own bauxite is 5-6 million tons per year, alumina - up to 2.9 tons per year, this is not enough for production capacity. The amount of purchased raw materials reaches 5.3 million tons.
In addition to insufficient exploration of the subsoil, there is the problem of abandoned deposits, in the development of which no investment is being made. The total copper reserves in Russia are estimated at 100 million tons. The largest deposit of this metal is located in Eastern Siberia. According to the data, it contains about 200 tons of raw materials, but no one deals with them. Others are in development large deposits(Oktyabrskoye, Gayskoye, Talnakhskoye), where reserves are coming to an end.
There are up to 10 thousand tons of gold in the bowels of Russia, but the situation in the gold mining industry follows the general trends. Industrial development is carried out at and in Sukhoi Log (1,500 tons of metal per year). The share accounts for most of the gold mining (up to 58%). Development and exploration of new deposits is not conducted.
The basis of the country's economy
Mining enterprises in Russia are the main base that forms the country's budget. The contribution to the GDP is 60-70%, the increase in the export of raw materials and finished products ensures the filling of the stabilization fund of the economy and the state reserves. The mining industry is a complex of industries that includes:
- Extraction of mineral and energy raw materials (oil, gas, peat, uranium, coal, etc.).
- Extraction of ore of ferrous and other metals (iron ore, chromite, vanadium, molybdenum, etc.).
- Mining of non-ferrous metal ore (copper, tin, lead, zinc, nickel, etc.).
- Extraction of mining and chemical raw materials (apatite, potassium salts, phosphates, etc.).
- Extraction of industrial raw materials for the needs of various industries (graphite, asbestos, chalk, limestone, clay, granite, etc.).
- Extraction of precious, semi-precious, ornamental stones (diamonds, gems, etc.).
- Hydromineral direction (groundwater).
Mining enterprises in Russia are formed at the site of the development of minerals. For full-fledged work and reduction of the cost part, a complex of related enterprises is usually built. Deposits of metal ores are accompanied by enrichment plants, metallurgical plants and a complex of infrastructure facilities, including settlements for workers, road junctions, energy complexes to ensure the operation of industrial enterprises.
Large enterprises
Today, there are 24 large mining enterprises. Geography covers the whole country. The leading role in the industry is played by Siberia and the Far East.
What are the mining companies in Russia? The list is below:
- AK Alrosa (PJSC) - located in the Republic of Sakha, the direction of activity is diamond mining, the share in the domestic market is 95% of the total volume of mined precious stone.
- Artel of prospectors "Amur". The company specializes in the mining of platinum and palladium.
- JSC Atomredmetzoloto. The company specializes in the extraction of uranium ores.
- Goroblagodatsky Mining Administration. The company is engaged in the development of a complex of iron ore deposits.
- OJSC "Evrazruda", field of activity - development of five deposits iron ore.
- LLC "Kovdorsluda" IN this moment is in bankruptcy.
- JSC "Kola Metallurgical Company". Field of activity - mining of non-ferrous metal ores, metallurgy.
- "Metalloinvest", the basis of the enterprise is the extraction of iron ore, ferrous metallurgy.
- Mechel PAO (coal mining, production of non-ferrous and ferrous metals, coking coal, thermal coal).
- Priargunsky PGHO. Specialization is the development of uranium and molybdenum-uranium deposits in the Trans-Baikal Territory.
- UC RUSAL (extraction of alumina and bauxite, aluminum production).
- GK "Russian Platinum". Directions of activity - mining of platinum, palladium, eoloth.
- MMC Norilsk Nickel (mining of nickel, copper, palladium and other metals, non-ferrous metallurgy).
- PJSC "Severstal", one of the largest enterprises in Russia, the field of activity is the extraction of coal, coking coal, the extraction and enrichment of iron ore, a complex of metallurgical and mining and processing plants.
- AOA "SUAL" (alumina, primary aluminum, aluminum-based alloys, etc.).
- CJSC Holding Sibplaz. The interests of the company lie in the mining, chemical, metallurgical, construction industries. Research and scientific work is underway.
- JSC "Silvinit" (mining of potash, production of potash fertilizers, food and industrial salt, etc.).
- Joint venture "Mongolrostsvetmet". Specialization - fluorite ore, iron ore,
- GOK "Erdenet" (development of molybdenum and copper ores, processing plant, metallurgical plant).
- CHEK-SU (mining of manganese ores of the Usinsk deposit, construction of a mining and processing plant).
- OJSC "YATEK", field of activity - production of hydrocarbons, gas, geological exploration.
- JSC "Kaliningrad Amber Plant" (industrial extraction of amber, jewelry).
The enterprises of the mining industry in Russia work in conjunction with processing and manufacturing enterprises.
Jobs
Work in the major industry the country's economy is always there. Many seek to get into the mining enterprises of Russia. Vacancies are almost always open for drivers of trucks and specialized vehicles, general workers, there is a constant shortage of highly qualified welders. The list of vacancies is constantly updated, which gives a chance to all candidates to get the desired position.
The main part of the enterprises is concentrated in the northern regions of Russia, where the working conditions are very difficult. Employers, in addition to high wages, offer a special schedule - shift method work. The shift can stretch from 15 days to six months, after which the employee receives full pay for the entire time. Those who have already worked in this mode respond positively to both the experience gained and the salary.
As you know, the resource-extracting industry in Russia is currently one of the most developed and brings a lot of money to the country's budget. Of course, the leading position among such industries is occupied by the oil industry, however, gold mining is one of the most important sources of government funding.
In 1995, the Union of Gold Producers was formed, the purpose of which is to develop and implement measures aimed at developing the gold mining industry in Russia. It includes the largest Russian companies, whose specialization is the extraction and processing of gold and other precious metals. Their list has remained unchanged for many years, and, according to experts, will not undergo major changes in the future.
The largest companies specializing in gold mining in Russia
Among the largest Russian companies, relate:
PJSC Polyus Gold
The company was founded in 2006 and currently accounts for about 20% of all gold production in the country. The main fields developed by the company are located in the Magadan, Amur, Irkutsk regions, as well as in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
GC "Petropavlovsk"
The company is registered in the UK and is headquartered in London. However, the main assets of the group are located in Russia, on the territory of the Amur Region. Petropavlovsk Group of Companies was founded in 1994; During its existence, several projects have been implemented to develop new deposits and put into operation the latest gold mining installations.
ZAO Chukotka Mining and Geological Company
In 2002, ZAO was acquired by the Canadian company Kinross Gold. The main site for gold mining is the Kupol deposit, located on the border of the Anadyr and Bilibino regions of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
GC "Polymetal"
Founded in 1998, the parent company is currently registered on about. Jersey, headquartered in St. Petersburg. It ranks fourth in terms of gold production in Russia. The main regions of work are Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan and Sverdlovsk regions and Chukotka. In addition, the company owns a number of fields located in Kazakhstan.
Nordgold
The company was founded in 2007 as a subsidiary of Severstal, specializing in gold mining in Russia and abroad. The company has six licenses for exploration activities in Eastern Siberia.
Highland Gold Mining
It is a subsidiary of the Canadian mining company Barrick Gold, registered in 2002 in the Channel Islands. The main direction of its activity is the development of gold deposits, the consolidation and development of gold mining enterprises in Russia. Works are being carried out on the territory of the Chita region, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Khabarovsk Territory.
PJSC Yuzhuralzoloto GK
The company was founded in 1997 on the basis of the bankrupt enterprise OJSC Yuzhuralzoloto, which had been operating since 1976. Currently, the development of mines and deposits located in Khakassia, the Chelyabinsk region, the Krasnoyarsk and Zabaikalsky territories is underway.
PJSC Vysochaishy
The beginning of the company's activity dates back to 1989, when the development of the Golets vysokayshyy deposit began in the Irkutsk region. At present, the main places of extraction of gold ore are concentrated in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Irkutsk region. The company's headquarters is located in Russia, in the city of Bodaibo.
Sovrudnik LLC
The company is based in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, ranking second in terms of gold production. The company is part of the Yuzhuralzolto holding and has been operating effectively for more than 100 years in the extraction of gold from ore and its subsequent processing into ingots.
PJSC "Susumanzoloto"
The company was founded in 1994 on the basis of a gold mining enterprise that has been operating on the territory of the Magadan Region since 1938. Currently, the holding has several subsidiaries specializing in conducting activities in certain areas of gold mining and processing.
Holding "Seligdar"
The holding is based in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and specializes in the extraction of ores and sands of precious metals. The company was established in 2008 on the basis of the Seligdar Prospectors Artel, founded in 1975. Currently, the holding includes 8 enterprises engaged in gold mining.
ZAO Vitim AS
The enterprise is located on the territory of the Irkutsk region and ranks third in terms of gold production in the region. The beginning of the company's activity dates back to 1974, when an artel was created at the Lenzoloto plant to work at distant deposits in the taiga. In the 90s of the 20th century, Artel separated from the parent enterprise, starting an independent activity in the extraction and processing of gold ore.
PJSC Rudnik Karalveem
The Karalveemskoye gold deposit began its work in 1957. For more than half a century of the existence of the mine, a factory was built on the basis of the deposit with workshops of various production lines. In 2006, the design of a new gold mining factory, and in 2007, with its help, the first gold was mined. Today, the mine, which is part of the Golden Projects group of companies, is one of the largest gold mining operations in the Bilibinsky district of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
Mining company Berelekh
It was founded in 1997 on the basis of the Berelekhsky GOK, which was one of the largest mining enterprises in the Magadan Region. Today the company mines gold ore in the Susumansky, Yagodninsky and Khasynsky districts of the region. The company has eight divisions, each of which is engaged in the development of mineral resources in a separate area.
PJSC Gold of Kamchatka
The company is the largest gold miner in the Kamchatka Territory. Joint-Stock Company was established in 2007 as a result of the reorganization of CJSC Koryakgeoldobycha, which operates in the field of gold mining. Today the company has several subsidiaries, the program of functioning of which allows to implement a long-term strategy for the development of the gold mining and processing business.
Currently, more than 500 gold mining companies operate in Russia. Powerful resource bases located on the territory of the Krasnoyarsk, Trans-Baikal, Khabarovsk Territories, the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan, Irkutsk, Chelyabinsk, Chita, Amur Regions, the Republics of Sakha (Yakutia) and Khakassia, as well as other Siberian regions, make it possible to extract precious metal in huge quantities. At the moment, Russia ranks second in the world in terms of gold production, second only to China in this indicator.
NOVATEK Leonid Mikhelson and Gennady Timchenko signed a contract for the construction of a second liquefaction plant natural gas(LNG) with Italian Saipem and Turkish Renaissance for €2.2 billion. It will produce 19.8 million tons of LNG per year
LNG plant in Russia (Photo: Vladimir Smirnov / TASS)
A joint venture between Italy's Saipem and Turkey's Renaissance signed a €2.2 billion contract with NOVATEK's subsidiary Arctic LNG-2 for the design and construction of a second liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on the Gydan Peninsula in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. This is stated in the message Saipem.
This plant will consist of three production lines for the production of 6.6 million tons of LNG each, for a total of 19.8 million tons of LNG. It is the contractor's responsibility to design and construct concrete gravity-type platforms (i.e., supported on the bottom by their own weight and the connections of the lower part of the platform to the ground) to accommodate these three lines. The gravity platforms will be built at the shipyard in Murmansk, which is being built by NOVATEK, and then towed and installed at Gydan.
Arctic LNG-2 will be NOVATEK's second LNG plant after Yamal LNG, which was at full capacity (16.5 million tons of LNG per year) last week. The cost of the project amounted to $27 billion. At that time, Leonid Mikhelson, the chairman of the board and the largest co-owner of NOVATEK, said that the company had become the largest LNG plant in Russia, the total share of which is about 5% of the global liquefied gas market.
The new plant will produce LNG at the Utrenneye field on the Gydan Peninsula. On September 18, NOVATEK announced the discovery of deposits at this field with reserves of about 405 billion cubic meters. m, which will increase the total reserves to 2 trillion cubic meters. m of gas. It is assumed that the investment decision on this project will be made in 2019, and the plant itself will be launched in 2022.
The award of the contract to build Arctic LNG-2 demonstrates how Saipem is fully integrated into the transition to a reliable energy supply and another success of the company in the high value-added LNG sector, said Saipem CEO Stefano Kao (his words are quoted in the message). In addition, this contract strengthens Saipem's presence in Russia, he added. RBC sent a request to a NOVATEK representative.
In May 2018, the French Total, which already owns shares in NOVATEK and Yamal LNG, on the purchase of 10% of Arctic LNG-2 and an option for another 5%, based on a project valuation of $ 25.5 billion on December 17, that " The Arctic LNG-2 was headed by Oleg Karpushin, who previously headed Salym Petroleum, a joint venture between Shell and Gazprom Neft, and then was Executive Vice President for Production, Exploration and Oilfield Services of the Kazakh KazMunayGas.
