WHAT WE DO / OUR
OPERATIONS / ALUMINIUM
DIVISION / BOGOSLOVSK
ALUMINIUM SMELTER
BOGOSLOVSK ALUMINIUM SMELTER
 The Bogoslovsk Aluminium
Smelter is an alumina and aluminium complex. It is the third largest alumina
producer in the CIS. The complex produced its first alumina in 1944 and in 1945
first aluminium was produced.
Its main products are primary aluminium, alumina, anode paste, aluminium
alloys, underseals.
In 2007 the smelter produced 184,000 tonnes of primary aluminium and 1.1
million tonnes of alumina.
The smelter employs 5,040 people.
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Krasnoturyinsk (named Turyinskiye
Rudniki until 1944) is a town in the Sverdlovsk region in Russia, located on
the Turya river, 370 km north of Yekaterinburg. It has a population of 64,600
people. Its main production facilities are an aluminium smelter, iron ore and
gold extraction mines.
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Technology
The potrooms of the Bogoslovsk Aluminium Smelter are equipped with Horizontal
Stud Soderberg pots of average capacity (the amperage is 75-90 kA).
Modern Bayer process is used for alumina production.
To learn more about aluminium production please visit
http://www.aluminiumleader.com/en/
Certificates
The Bogoslovsk Aluminium Smelter has been certified for compliance with the
international standard of quality management system ISO 9001. The first stage
of implementation of the environmental management system (ISO 14001:2004) and
health and safety management system (OHSAS 9000) has been completed.
Development
An investment programme, which runs until 2014, is currently underway at the
smelter and will see the complete redesign and revamp of the alumina area. In
2007, Precipitation Unit 1 was upgraded and a new cyclone calcination kiln was
constructed. The smelter is currently conducting an expansion project at the
red mud disposal area.
Environment
In 2005, two potrooms were equipped with advanced gas scrubbers. A new
industrial waste storage was commissioned in 2008.
Management
General Director - Oleg Burkatsky
Contact information
ul. K.Marksa, 1, Krasnoturyinsk,
Sverdlovskaya obl. 624440
Russia
Tel.: +7 34384 66501
Fax: +7 34384 45337
baz@sual.com
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