Production of Nickel, cobalt and related products from its own raw materials.

Project description

Background informationon the project "Deep processing of slag Ni and co based on the technology of hydrometallurgy"

Company Intiator officially the owner of the anthropogenic deposits in 2014.

The project proponent has owned the sere consisting of the Converter and Furnace slags nickelcobalt. Furnace Slag 50 million tons., Converter slag of more than 6 million tons.

The Converter slag was formed in the anthropogenic deposits of Nickel and cobalt in the period from the commencement of operation of the plant, which was commissioned in 30 years of the last century, and up to 2000 years was dumping. The company was one of the largest manufacturer of Nickel in Russia. The room was operated from the early days of the startup of the plant until the 2000s. The volume of the room is more than 60 million tons of slag. The richest in content of Nickel and cobalt are Converter slag, which is composed of the blade more than 6 million tons.

There is a rating of the CCI of the Russian Federation (2018), according to which the field has a cost of 900 million dollars.

Project processing of raw materials is planned at the Site. This will allow to use all the infrastructure and technological opportunities of the area, but also will allow to involve into turnover the full potential of the Room.

The site is located in the city of Orsk, Orenburg region, adjacent to the station "Nickel" South-Ural railway.

Currently, the project initiator has a valid agreement to acquire the site.

In the framework of the project the production of Nickel and cobalt product provides:

The acquisition of the industrial site. On purchased the site of the ore body covered by this landfill owned by Intiator project is the launch of modern high-tech hydrometallurgical production of Nickel, cobalt and related products. For the organization of production is required to realize the modernization of the industrial site and run a production line process. The processing volume will amount to 117 thousand tons of Converter slag annually.

The positive side of the project:

Project initiator - minded team of professionals with experience profile of the project.

— The presence of qualified industrial staff from the former employees in the city.

— The industrial base of the project: prom.the site plant, provided with all necessary infrastructure, engineering communications and experience with various technologies and design solutions. This provides a synergistic effect due to the complex: experience, staff, infrastructure, technological adaptability, raw materials, investment readiness.

— Involvement in the project as partner, a leading player in the technology of hydrometallurgy. Provides powerful professional scientific and technical support at all stages of the project, with the involvement of the Institute and its leading experts.

All offer new technological solutions for the project are tested both in and in the world. For direct application on site requires adaptation to the used materials.

The result of phase 1 of the project is to create a modern hydrometallurgical production with obtaining the following products:

1. Nickel electrolyte in the cathodes Н1у-D0 GOST 849-2008 in the amount of 669 tons per year for metallurgy
2. Carbonate of cobalt GOST 5407-78 in the amount of 230 tons per year for the production of batteries, special alloys, chemical products.
3. The iron concentrate is 81 thousand tons per year for the production of dyes (iron oxide 90%)
4. Silica fume 99% of 32 thousand tons per year for the tire industry, concrete, building mortar
5. Copper sulphate the grade "A" 300 tons per year for medicine and agriculture

Passing semis:

1. The chromium cake for ferrochromium and dyes
2. Magnesium KEK for the production of magnesium.

With the appropriate sufficient demand in the market, it is possible to produce part or the whole amount of Nickel and cobalt in the form of salts or carbonate.

Used in the project technical and technological solutions based on:

• developed by the Institute in 2005, the technology for processing slags of JSC "Kola MMC"
• conducted by the same Institute in 2011 a comprehensive research for the Converter slag other plants.
• research laboratory of hydrometallurgy of cobalt, Nickel and noble metals extraction processes of extraction of Nickel and cobalt
• research this laboratory of composition and techniques of recycling wastes are owned by Intiator project
• development research center of the RAS specialized equipment for these processes.

The proposed scheme of processing of Converter slags based on hydrochloride leaching technology of raw materials and the extraction recovery of the final product from the solution. This allows you to minimize the technological branch of the production cycle, limited only by leaching the crushed slag materials and waste iron-Nickel-cobalt solutions in hydrometallurgical process flow at once into a marketable product.

Similar fabrication work for industrial plants of JSC "Norilsk Nickel" (the plant "Severonikel" and GF "Norilsk Nickel").

Foreign companies producing cobalt ("Outokumpu", Finland; Falconbridge and Inco Canada), as well as similar technologies are used at the "Kristiansand" (Norway), "Sinovel" (France) and "NIIHAMA" (Japan).

Pyrohydrolysis technology for the regeneration of hydrochloric acid used in all enterprises of ferrous metallurgy.

Applied technology solutions allow you to produce comprehensive processing of raw materials with high recovery of all valuable components, which in turn allows to increase the depth of processing Nickel containing raw materials.

Economic indicators of the project:

Revenue in the year, mln RUB: 2 520

Profit in the year, mln RUB.: 1 510

Ren-ness: the return of at least 50%

Offer To The Investor:

The redemption of the industrial site and the launch line переработке117 thousand tons of incoming material per year.

The volume of investments required: 1, 5 billion rubles.

1, 5 billion capital expenditure, working capital line start 117 tons per year.

Revenue 2, 5 billion a year, profit 1.5 billion a year.

Profit for the 7 years: 7, 5 billion rubles.

The payback period of the project: total investment return for 44, 8 months. ( 3 5 years)

The juice of the implementation of the project; running at 100% capacity 25 months. (2 years)

Reserves of more than 30 years.

Start of production on the 25th of the month, and on the basis of net profit after the 25 of the month at 125 million per month, 100% refund of the investment the investor receives 20, 8 months.

INSIGHTS

1) by processing its own raw materials, the project has a high degree of resilience to external risks. Stock of raw material is enough for more than 50 years of industrial activity, provided that the scale of production will be maintained at a predetermined level.

2) Modern technology of processing of raw materials, ensures high profitability of production.

3) the Products obtained by processing raw materials are highly liquid and marketable. Existing trends in the world production provide the opportunity to increase the volume of production and sales of commodity products.

4) Launch the processing of raw materials, Nickel-cobalt deposits and toxins from the Room is of high ecological importance for the region and Russia as a whole.

5) Technological solutions of the project based on the basis of one of the oldest technical schools of engineering, which led the Country to the stop of the plant. Leading the enterprise employees are an integral part of the project team of the investment project.

6) the Project has the prospect of development, in the form of commodity basis, which was included in the perimeter of the enterprise. This allows you to scale the project upwards of ten times. The project has the potential to go global market players, with timely investment in strategic basis.

7) the Project is supported by the region authorities. The administration of the city and the Region, expressing full support to and participation in the implementation of the project.

8) the Project is fully provided by the personnel reserve, as the town after the stop of the Plant is a donor for the whole of Russia in the part of the staff of metallurgical and hydrometallurgical industries. After the start of production, specialists and heads back to his hometown.

9) the Project has growth prospects through internal reserves. After further investment in the completion of the line that allows you to restore the iron oxide to chemically pure iron, it is possible to increase the value of the product more than 100 times. Using the basic manufacturing practices in the production of copper sulfate, it is possible to start a line on manufacture of copper sulphate of high purity, which will generate additional high margin revenue. Currently there is a shortage of copper sulfate on the market in the amount of 30 thousand tons.