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ALUMINA REFINERY
NIKOLAEV ALUMINA REFINERY
 When commissioned in
July 1980, the Nikolaev alumina refinery was meant to produce 1 million tonnes
of alumina annually. Today, the refinery has expanded its production capacity
to over 1.4 million tonnes.
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Located on the Black Sea coast in
Ukraine, at the confluence of the Southern Bug and Ingul rivers, Nikolaev is
the major city in the Nikolaev region, Ukraine. Nikolaev has a sea and river
port, as well as a railway station junction. In 1991, it had a population of
512,000 people. Industry is largely represented by mechanical engineering
(including ship building), light and food industries, in addition to the
Nikolaev alumina refinery.
The country of Ukraine, in South Eastern Europe, borders the Black Sea
and the Azov Sea. Ukraine covers an area of 603,700 sq km, and has a population
of 48.9 million people.
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Technology
The Nikolaev refinery applies the Bayer process technolgy to refine alumina
from bauxites.
To learn more about the process of aluminium production, aluminium history and
use please visit http://www.aluminiumleader.com/en/
Certificates
In 2002, the refinery’s quality management system was ISO 9001 2000 certified.
In 2004, the refinery was certified to the environmental management standard
ISO 14001.
In January 2008, the Nikolaev Alumina Refinery was granted a certificate
confirming the compliance of its health and safety management system with the
requirements laid down in the international standard OHSAS 18001. The
certificate was issued by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), a certification association
from Norway. The certificate is the third confirmation of the refinery’s
compliance with international standards, following on from the ISO 9001 and ISO
14001 certificates, and represents the final step on the way towards the
formation of an integrated management system at the refinery.
Development
The refinery's ongoing project aimed at boosting its annual capacity to 1.7 mln
tonnes of alumina, currently rates as one of the most significant investment
projects in the region. Activities targeting expansion of production, upgrade
of equipment and improvement of the refinery's KPIs are fully underway. For
example, the grinding area is being expanded, pre-desilication tanks have been
introduced to the grinding area, a deep thickening area has been commissioned
and precipitation line No.5 is being constructed. Red mud disposal area No.2
was brought on line in 2007.
Environment
In June 2007, DNV carried out a recertification audit of the refinery’s
environmental management system to confirm its compliance with the
international standard ISO 14001:2004. As a result of the audit, the refinery
received a confirmation of its compliance with established standard
environmental management systems.
The refinery completed the construction of mud disposal area 2 and started to
design a project to reclaim the basin of mud disposal area 1. The building of
local treatment plants, replacing dust collection facilities and the
instillation of acoustic horns on the electrostatic precipitators of its
calciners has also begun.
All equipment that produces particulate pollutants are equipped with dust
filters. The refinery successfully operates a loop water circulation system,
which completely solves the problem of waste water discharge into the water
supply.
In 2007, the Nikolaev Alumina Refinery was the winner in the 6th Ukrainian
‘Living planet’ awards under the ‘Environmental Quality and Safety’ section in
the ‘Environmental Quality and Shop-floor Safety’ category. These awards are
organised by a Ukrainian non-profit organisation under the auspices of the
Environmental Protection Ministry and Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce. The award
was an acknowledgement of the positive results achieved by the refinery in
recent years through its efforts to improve its environmental management
system.
Management
Managing Director - Vladimir Zhmurkov
Contact information
nap@nap.mk.ua
Tel. 7 (495) 720-51-71
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