| # |
Operation, capacity (t/y) |
Year |
 |
| 1 |
Yuzhuralnickel Combine, Russia, Orsk, Orenburgskaya oblast |
 |
Commissioning 3000 t of Ni |
1940 |
| Commissioning 3500 t of Co |
1941 |
| Capacity increase by nickel production to 10000 t |
1943 |
| Ni and Co production increase to 20000 t and 5000 t, respectively |
1946-1958 |
| Mines: Burukhtalskiy, Sakharinskiy, Kimpersaiskoe mine operation Capacity 600 kt |
1936-1998 |
 |
| 2 |
Ufaley Nickel Combine, Russia, Verkhniy Ufaley, Chelyabinskaya oblast |
 |
Commissioning |
1937 |
| Modernization and expansion to 11000 t of Ni and 1500 t of Co |
1946-1958 |
| Mines Cheremshanskiy, Sinarskiy, Rogozhskiy, Severny, Serovskiy Capacity 200 kt |
1934-1978 |
 |
| 3 |
Severonickel Combine, Russia, Monchegorsk, Murmanskaya oblast |
 |
Start-up of 10000 t electrolytic nickel production |
1940 |
| Modernization and capacity increase to 35000 t of Ni, 1430 t of Co, and 31000 t of Cu |
1946-1958 |
| Commissioning 5000 t of carbonyl nickel |
1963 |
| Start-up of new nickel tank house (59000 t of Ni) |
1982-1984 |
| Start-up of copper smelting shop (116000 t of blister copper and 75000 t of electrolytic copper) |
1976-1979 |
| Introduction of autogenous smelting for rich Norilsk ore processing (190000 t of ore) |
1983 |
| Composite powders production in carbonyl nickel shop with capacity of 3,5 t |
1987 |
| Carbonyl Ni shot production in carbonyl nickel shop with capacity of 1,5 kt |
1991 |
| Chromitovy open pit, capacity 150000 t |
2000 |
| Feasibility study for copper concentrate processing plant via roasting-leaching-electrowinning, plant capacity - 15000 t of cathode copper. |
2002 |
| Ramp-up of pilot Vanyukov furnace. |
2005 |
 |
| 4 |
Norilsk Mining and Metallurgical Combine, Russia, Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk region |
 |
Commissioning |
1944 |
| Reconstruction of electrolysis production |
1975 |
| Start-up of the first line of Nadezhdinskiy Metallurgical plant with capacity of 17000 t by Ni |
1979 |
| Start-up of the second line of Nadezhdinskiy Metallurgical plant, capacity - 50000 t of Ni and 150000 t of Cu |
1981 |
| Medvezhiy Ruchey open pit, capacity 2000 kt |
|
| Zapolyarny mine, capacity - 3500 kt |
2001 |
 |
| 5 |
Khapcheranginskiy Tin Mining and Concentrating Combine, Central Asia |
 |
Commissioning, mining - 400 kt of ore |
1939 |
 |
| 6 |
Eghe-Haiskiy Tin Mining and Concentrating Combine, Central Asia |
 |
Commissioning, 400 kt of mined ore |
1939 |
 |
| 7 |
Khrustalnenskiy Tin Mining and Concentrating Combine, Russia, urban-type village of Kavalerovo, Primorski Region |
 |
Commissioning, mining - 1000 kt of ore |
1939 |
| Expansion to 1400 kt |
1953-1961 |
| Mines Khrustalnenskiy, Verkhniy, Tsentralny, Arsenjevskiy, Vysokogorskiy, Ternistyi Capacity 1400 kt |
1936-1992 |
 |
| 8 |
Severo-Uralsky Bauxite Mine, Russia, Ural |
 |
Commissioning - 500 kt of ore |
1938 |
| Reconstruction and increase in mining capacity to 5300 kt |
1950-1995 |
 |
| 9 |
Novosibirskiy Tin Combine, Russia, Siberia |
 |
Commissioning and consequent expansions (including fuming plant) to 14000 kt |
1943 |
 |
| 10 |
Krasnoyarskiy Non-ferrous Metals Plant, Russia, Siberia |
 |
PGM production start-up |
1943 |
| PGM refinery reconstruction and expansion |
1975-1982 |
 |
| 11 |
Podolskiy Tin Plant, Russia, Moskow Region |
 |
Tin production start-up (2000 t) |
1947 |
 |
| 12 |
Pechenganickel Combine, Russia, Kola Peninsula |
 |
Commissioning, modernization and expansion to 30000 t of nickel in high-grade matte |
1946-1958 |
| Intensification of sulphide nickel ores smelting with capacity increase to 40000 t |
1972 |
| Start-up of Severny mine complex (mining - 600000 t of rich ore) |
1975-1980 |
| Feasibility Study for prospecting standards of Combine`s ores, Kaula-Kotselvaara deposit |
1999-2001 |
| Feasibility Study. Ore base development of Kola MMC to 2015 |
1999-2001 |
 |
| 13 |
Tyrnyauzskiy Tungsten-Molybdenum Combine, Russia, Caucasus |
 |
Restoration and capacity expansion to 8800 kt of mined ore, 17,2 kt of tungsten concentrates, 3,5 kt of molybdenum concentrates and 3 kt of copper-bismuth concentrates |
1947-1975 |
| Combine expansion. Joint development via both open pit and underground methods, capacity 10000 kt |
1978 |
 |
| 14 |
Solnechny Tin Mining and Concentrating Combine, Russia, Khabarovsk Region |
 |
Commissioning, 400 kt of ore |
1963 |
| Capacity increase to 1400 kt |
1975 |
| Solnechny mine, capacity 700 kt |
1974 |
| Perevalny mine, capacity 1000 kt |
1978 |
| Pridorozhny mine, capacity 300 kt |
1980 |
 |
| 15 |
Skopinskiy Tungsten-Molybdenum Hydrometallurgical Plant, Russia, Moscow region |
 |
Commissioning, capacity - 400 t |
1953 |
 |
| 16 |
Turgaiskiy Bauxite Mine, Kazakhstan |
 |
Commissioning and capacity increase to 1000 kt of bauxite |
1956-1965 |
| IX Ashutsky open-pit, 500 ktpy bauxite ore, detailed engineering |
2004 |
 |
| 17 |
Krasnooktiabrskiy Bauxite Mine, Kazakhstan, Kustanaiskaya oblast |
 |
Commissioning and capacity increase to 1000 kt of bauxite |
1956-1965 |
 |
| 18 |
Nikitovskiy Mercury Combine, Ukraine |
 |
Commissioning and capacity expansion to 1000 t of mercury |
1964-1975 |
 |
| 19 |
Pobuzhskiy Nickel Plant, Ukraine |
 |
Commissioning, capacity - 7000 t of Ni in ferronickel |
1972 |
 |
| 20 |
Debele Bauxite mine, Guinea |
 |
Commissioning, 2500 kt of mined and milled bauxite |
1974 |
 |
| 21 |
Nalchikskiy Tungsten-Molybdenum Hydrometallurgical Plant, Russia, Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria |
 |
Commissioning and capacity increase to 7700 t of tungsten trioxide and 440 t of molybdenum in concentrate |
1962-1975 |
 |
| 22 |
La Palka Tin Plant, Bolivia |
 |
Fuming production 2500 t of tin |
1984 |
 |
| 23 |
Severoonezhskiy Bauxite Mine, Russia, Arkhangelskaya oblast |
 |
Mining of 4000 kt of bauxite |
1978 |
| Severoonezhskiy bauxite mine, capacity 800 kt |
1986 |
 |
| 24 |
Ferronickel plant, Yugoslavia, Kosovo |
 |
Capacity 10000 t of nickel in ferronickel |
1979 |
 |
| 25 |
Tinchuane Combine, China |
 |
Development of the technology and equipment for copper concentrate smelting after high-grade matte separation in autogenous unit with upper oxygen blow. Commissioning, 50000 t of Cu. |
1994 |
 |
| 26 |
Punta Gorda Nickel Plant, Cuba |
 |
Capacity - 30000 t of Ni and Co |
1986 |
 |
| 27 |
Las Camariocas Nickel Plant, Cuba |
 |
Project capacity - 30000 t of Ni and Co |
1985 |
 |
| 28 |
Norilsk Nickel RJS, Russia |
 |
Feasibility Study for the subsidiaries development |
1996 |
 |
| 29 |
Erdenet Copper Combine, Mongolia |
 |
Pre-feasibility study for the plant with capacity of 120 kt of copper |
1997 |
 |
| 30 |
Sintzian, China |
 |
Feasibility Study for hydrometallurgical processing of copper slimes with capacity of 4500 t of Cu |
1997 |
 |
| 31 |
Tuvacobalt Combine, Russia, Tuva |
 |
Severny mine, capacity - 150000 t |
1971 |
 |
| 32 |
Srednetimansky Bauxite Mine, Komi Republic |
 |
Capacity 500 kt |
2000 |
 |
| 33 |
Boxitogorsky Alumina, JS, Leningradskaya oblast |
 |
Radynskiy bauxite mine, capacity - 300 kt |
1986 |
 |
| 34 |
Pikalevsky Alumina, JS, Leningradskaya oblast |
 |
Limestone mine. Novy open pit (second line), capacity - 4000 kt |
1986 |
 |
| 35 |
Belinskiy Mine, Republic of Kazakhstan |
 |
Krasnogorskiy open pit ? 3, capacity - 1200 t |
1998 |
| Belinskiy mine, capacity - 1250 kt |
1999-2000 |
 |
| 36 |
Luzhskiy Mining and Concentrating Combine, Leningradskaya oblast |
 |
Tolmachevskiy open pit, capacity - 700 kt |
1982 |
 |
| 37 |
Alrosa Joint-Stock Company, Yakutia, Republic of Sakha |
 |
Aikhal mine, capacity 500 kt |
1999 |
| Internatsionalny mine, capacity 500 kt |
2001 |
| Mir mine, capacity 1000 kt |
2001 |
| Udachny mine, 1st phase, capacity 1,900 kt |
2004-2010 |
 |
| 38 |
Yuzhno-Uralskiy Bauxite Mine, Russia, Ural |
 |
Blinovo-Kamenskaya mine, capacity 300 kt |
1967 |
| Kurgazakskaya mine, capacity 450 kt |
1976 |
 |
| 39 |
Deputatskiy Mining and Concentrating Combine, Yakutia, Republic of Sakha |
 |
Zapadny mine, capacity 750 kt |
1986 |
| Cherpuniya mine, capacity 300 kt |
1988 |
 |
| 40 |
Khinganolovo Combine, JS, Russia, Khabarovsk Region |
 |
Mines: Khinganskiy, Berezovskiy, capacity 200 kt |
1934-1995 |
 |
| 41 |
Rezhskiy Nickel plant, JS, Russia, Ural |
 |
Mines: Lipovskiy, Pokrovskiy, Staro-Pokrovskiy, capacity 600 kt |
1934-1995 |
 |
| 42 |
Ryazanskiy Non-Ferrous Metals Plant, Russia |
 |
Capacity 15000 t by tin |
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