Rolled copper production oriented to internal consumption
Edited by Rhod Mackenzie / 2013-10-10 10:45:30
Metals and mining Norilsk Nickel Russia Russian Copper Company Ural mining metallurgical company UGMK Copper Nickel Zinc
Copper cathodes production in Russia is factually shared between Norilsk Nickel, UGMK and Russian Copper Company; in 2012 it was less than 1 million tons, Y. Raikov, the CEO of Tsvetmetobrabotka says at the Second All-Russian Conference “Copper, brass, bronze: the tendencies of production and consumption”.
In 2012, copper wire production was 724,000 tons, and exports were 384,000 tons. Rolled copper and copper alloys production was 70,000 tons.
