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WHAT WE
DO / OUR OPERATIONS / RAW MATERIALS DIVISION / SOUTH URALS CRYOLITE PLANT
SOUTH URALS CRYOLITE PLANT
 The cryolite plant in Kuvandyk,
which was to become the second production facility of its kind in Russia, was initially
proposed in 1940. During World War ΙΙ, construction was put on hold several
times and it was only until its completion in 5 November 1954 that the plant was
launched.
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Geography
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Kuvandyk is a town (before 1953 it was
a small village) and a centre of the Kuvandyk region of the Orenburg area in Russia.
It is located on the left bank of the Sakmara river, which is a tributary of the
Ural river. The town’s railway station, on the Orenburg to Orsk line, is 194 km
east of Orenburg. The town’s population is 30,000.
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South Urals Cryolite Plant produces fluorides that are supplied to the aluminium
smelters of UC RUSAL, which acquired the plant in 2007.
Development
Production of fluorides at the plant is based on the full process cycle from receiving
raw materials to distribution of the end products. The process cycle includes production
of fluorhydric acid, acid cleaning, preparation of saline liquors and the slurry
of aluminium hydrate, production of fluorides, cleaning of exhaust fumes, waste
neutralisation and disposal, and shipment of finished products.
Since its launch, new production lines have been launched and new technologies implemented
at the plant for the development of various products like boric acid, which is applied
in ceramic, glass, metal and pharmaceutical industries, and aluminium sulphate used
for water cleaning.
Management
Managing Director – Nikolay Krouk
Contact information
Managing Director – Valery Timokhin
1 Prospect Mira, Kuvandyk, 462241, Orenburg region.
Tel.: (35361) 27-500, 27-666
Fax: (35361) 36-295, 36-437
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