Uralasbest to construct 50,000 tpa Mg metal plant

摘要

Public Jt.St.Co. Uralasbest (Asbest city, Russia, Sverdlovskaya oblast) plans to construct an Asbest Magnesium Plant (AMZ) by 2005. The plant will produce magnesium from asbestos mining wastes, containing 20-22 percent Mg, which were accumulated at Uralasbest.Currently, the site for the plant is being prepared; the plant is to be constructed on the base of concentrator No. 7 of the asbestos plant, construction of which was not completed. The AMZ design capacity is planned to be 50,000 tpa magnesium; the maximum output is to be reached in 4 years, according to the company specialists. The plant construction cost is