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04<br />
Production today<br />
and tomorrow<br />
Victor Zapivalov<br />
winning machine operator,<br />
ru-4<br />
i am 49. i came to Berezniki from ordynski District in<br />
1981, with my wife. i now have a grown up son and<br />
daughter, and a granddaughter. i knew some people<br />
who worked at the uralkali mine and they said it was<br />
a good place, and the wages were the highest, so in<br />
1982, i enrolled in a vocational training school to become<br />
an operator of winning machines.<br />
i continued to train-up as time passed. i came to the<br />
4th Mine as operator Grade 5 of winning machines,<br />
and reached level 6. in 2000 i was elected team manager.<br />
it was difficult at first. i love it now. The team is<br />
superb, closely knit, and works well together. i have<br />
clearances for servicing and repairing self-propelled<br />
cars and i learned to use a gas analyzer — we are constantly<br />
monitoring gas levels.<br />
uralkali is not standing still. it is always on the move.<br />
ours is a reliable operation with stable wages. There<br />
are bonuses as well.<br />
Thanks to uralkali i can provide material support to<br />
my kids. Three years ago i bought an apartment and<br />
a car for my son. The family is growing and i think<br />
there will be more grandchildren. So my support will<br />
come in handy.<br />
Restoring nature’s balance<br />
uRAlkAli<br />
4.1 current<br />
production<br />
uralkali budgeted for production of 5<br />
million tonnes in <strong>2007</strong> and produced<br />
100,000 tonnes over this amount due to<br />
productivity and debottlenecking programme<br />
coming on line early.<br />
our two mines exploit the Verkhnekamskoe<br />
Deposit, the world’s second largest:<br />
Mine 2 at the Durymansky field has<br />
been operating since 1970 and has resources<br />
of 359 Mt of ore 2 . it has an associated<br />
plant, Plant 2.<br />
Chemical<br />
Enrichment<br />
Standard<br />
White<br />
Potash<br />
Pink<br />
Potash<br />
Annual report<br />
Mine 4 at the Bygelsko-Troitsky field<br />
has been operating since 1987 and has<br />
resources of 1,895 Mt of ore 3 . it has an<br />
associated plant, Plant 4.<br />
Plant 1 has a number of different facilities<br />
including a potash processing plant<br />
supplied by motorway from Mine 4.<br />
Plant 3 processes ore delivered by rail<br />
from Mine 4.<br />
We produce two major products, Granular<br />
and Standard. They vary in potassium content,<br />
consistency and production method.<br />
Granular is used by countries with advanced<br />
fertilisation techniques.<br />
Mining Ore<br />
Crushing<br />
2 JoRc<br />
as of January 1, 2008<br />
Flotation<br />
Granular<br />
Potash<br />
3 JoRc<br />
as of January 1, 2008<br />
1/3 kcl<br />
(Potassium chloride)<br />
1/2 Nacl<br />
(Sodium chloride)<br />
Compacting<br />
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