Russian sulfuric acid plant expanded
19 September 2014
The Priargunsky Industrial Mining and Chemical Union (PIMCU) has completed a scheduled upgrade of its sulfuric acid plant, increasing its capacity by 25%.
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| Priargunsky's sulfuric acid plant (Image: PIMCU) |
PIMCU said today that the increase in production capacity - from 400 tonnes per day to 500 tonnes per day - will enable it to make export sales of the product.
The company is based in the Trans-Baikal region and is Russia's largest uranium mining company.
The company performs underground mining of uranium at four mines: Mine No.1, Mine No.2, the Glubokiy Mine and Mine 6R. Ore is processed at a hydrometallurgy plant and at a heap leaching unit, which uses sulfuric acid.
Sulfuric acid is also used as the main chemical reagent in in-situ leaching (ISL) uranium production, which is able to extract uranium with no need for excavation.
Researched and written
by World Nuclear News