Tsvetnye Metally

The second issue of "Tsvetnye Metally" (Non-ferrous metals) journal (February, 2013) continues the series of articles about the projects of Russian Copper Company. For example, the section "Economics and Management of Production" includes the article, where the development of Russian Copper Company is used for consideration of synergy effects, which appear as a result of cooperation of enterprises in vertically integrated structure. There is shown the possibility of appearance of synergy effect both because of mergers and take-overs, and in matters of industrial engineering and labour differentiation in holding structures. There is defined, that during the cooperation of economic objects, the synergy effect usually appears, when all subdivisions, which take part in the process, are united by one object. This object consists in increasing of competitiveness and efficiency of the whole company.

2013 is the 50-th anniversary of Russian diamond-processing industry. “Kristall Production Corporation” JSC is not only the first enterprise in this industry, but also the largest manufacturer of diamonds in Russia and one of largest manufacturers in Europe. The diamond factory in Smolensk was set in operation on March 1, 1963. The unique school of operating skills was created at the enterprise. Due to this school, the brand of “Kristall Production Corporation” has always been associated with high quality. For many years, this brand has been famous in the world as "Russian cut" diamonds. “Kristall Production Corporation” JSC celebrates its 50-th anniversary on March, 2013. Collection of articles, written by the specialists from this enterprise, is devoted to this event.

The section "Heavy Non-Ferrous Metals" presents the article by L. V. Krupnov, R. V. Starykh and A. F. Petrov. This article considers the reasons of scaffold formation in the flash smelting furnace at "Nadezhda" Metallurgical Plant. There were discussed the basic changings of composition of the processed raw materials. There is shown the negative influence on the smelting characteristics, which is made by the components of anthropogenic raw materials, added to the charge. There are considered certain mechanisms of scaffold formation in pyrometallurgical apparatuses. The obtained results make it possible to adapt the exploitation regimes of the flash smelting furnaces at "Nadezhda" Metallurgical Plant to the changed composition of processed raw materials.

The article by V. M. Sizyakov, O. A. Dubovikov, N. V. Nikolaeva and M. G. Yakovlev, published in the section "Aluminium, Alumina, Carbon Materials", shows the global tendency of increasing of the production of primary aluminium, which is directly connected not only with increasing extraction of bauxites and obtaining of alumina, but also with formation of large quantity of alumina industry wastes. One of the ways of solving this ecological problem, is the complex usage of raw materials, namely, usage of red mugs in ferrous metallurgy.

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