WHAT WE DO / OUR
OPERATIONS / ALUMINIUM
DIVISION / KANDALAKSHA
ALUMINIUM SMELTER
KANDALAKSHA ALUMINIUM SMELTER
 The Kandalaksha Aluminium
Smelter, commissioned in 1951, is the northernmost aluminium smelter in Russia.
Its main products are primary aluminium ingots, aluminium wire rod and billets.
In 2007, it produced 75,650 tonnes of aluminium. Energy for the smelter is
supplied by Kolskaya Nuclear Power Plant and the NIVA-3 hydropower plant. The
smelter employs about 1,300 people.
| Geography |
|
|
|
Kandalaksha is a town in the Murmansk
Region of Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula on the coast of the Kandalaksha
Gulf on the White Sea, 277 km south of Murmansk. The town is a White Sea port
and has a developed transport infrastructure. Its railway station connects to
the railway route stretching from Murmansk to Saint Petersburg. Kandalaksha has
existed since the 11th century and currently has a population of 58,600 people.
The town's key industrial facilities include an aluminium smelter, an
experimental mechanical plant, six hydropower stations united into a single
cascade, a bakery plant and a distillery. The suburbs of the town host logging
camps and woodworking plants.
|
Technology
The smelter is equipped with BT-85 Horizontal Stud Soederberg pots, a rolling
mill for production of wire rod, stationary electric mixers and aluminium ingot
casting machines. The technology is being upgraded with a view to improving the
smelter’s technical and economic indicators. A new programme has been launched,
with the aim of reconstructing the existing reduction potrooms and
transitioning to pre-bake technology.
Certificates
In 2003 the quality management system of the Kandalaksha smelter was introduced
and certified, with a subsequent recertification in 2006.
The environmental management system was introduced and certified in 2006.
During its introduction it was integrated with the existing quality management
system to the maximum possible extent.
Development
In 2005 the construction of a dry gas scrubber designed by VAMI for HSS pots was
fully completed at the smelter. The gas scrubber, whose efficiency reaches
96-99%, enabled the facility to achieve a tenfold reduction of emissions
generated by the reduction area, with its excellent performance further
confirmed within a lasting period of exploitation.
Management
General Director – Valeriy Shamshev
Contact information
kaz@sual.ru
To learn more about the process of aluminium production, aluminium history and
use please visit http://www.aluminiumleader.com/en/
|