Lovozersky Mining and Processing Plant of Rosatom has completed the main stage of modernization of the processing plant. According to the press service of the Mining Division, the investment volume for 2024–2026 exceeded 200 million rubles. For comparison: the previous owners invested a smaller amount over a whole decade.
Lovozersky Mining and Processing Plant of Rosatom has completed the main stage of modernization of the processing plant. According to the press service of the Mining Division, the investment volume for 2024–2026 exceeded 200 million rubles. For comparison: the previous owners invested a smaller amount over a whole decade.
A new first-stage grinding mill was installed at the factory, and an electrostatic separation scheme was introduced. Chief Engineer Sergey Lakhtin explained: laboratory calculations of the field made it possible to increase the efficiency of mineral separation to 96% and eliminate the re-processing of intermediate material. In the first quarter of 2026, unplanned equipment downtime was reduced to 2.5 hours. Previously, hydrocyclones and a flotation machine were also replaced, and concentration tables were relined with polyurethane.
The Lovozersky plant is the only supplier of loparite concentrate in the country, from which tantalum, niobium, titanium and other rare earth metals are extracted at the Solikamsk Magnesium Plant. The modernization is synchronized with the construction of a separation complex with a capacity of 2.5 thousand tons of REM per year at SMZ. This completes the raw material chain on a turnkey basis and reduces the dependence of the Russian military-industrial complex and electronics on rare earth imports.
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