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Chepetsky Mechanical Plant mastered new production

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Chepetsky Mechanical Plant mastered new production

Chepetsky Mechanical Plant has mastered the technology of nitric oxide stripping of loparite concentrate, which serves as a source of raw materials for the existing production of refractory metals, for example, niobium, tantalum and titanium.

Currently the company is buying raw materials for production of these metals in the form of titanium sponge and niobium and tantalum pentoxides. The new facilities will enable the company to solve the problem of raw material supply and production of promising products, including rare-earth metals.

The new products will be used both at the plant itself and on the market.

According to Dmitry Borovikov, head of the chemical-metallurgical shop at the plant, the concentrate contains rare-earth metals that in future can be used to create magnets, catalysts and products for metallurgy. In addition, mastering the new technology, the company managed to get potassium nitrate which is used as mineral fertilizer.

In future, according to him, the equipment of the pilot area may be used as a platform for the development of hydrometallurgical technologies.

It should be reminded that the enterprise is situated in Udmurtia town Glazov. Its main activity is production of construction materials and components for fuel assemblies, it also manufactures products for nuclear power engineering and such spheres as chemical, oil and gas and medical.

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Author: Ksenia Gustova

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