Industrial Minerals


Acron to start phosrock production in June at Oleniy Ruchey

03 February 2012

by Alex Feytis

Russian fertiliser manufacturer targets 200,000 tonnes for 2012; 1m tonnes in 2013

Keywords: Acron, phosphate, fertiliser, North-Western Phosphorus Co., PhosAgro

Russian fertiliser producer Acron JSC expects to start phosphate rock production at the end of June at its Oleniy Ruchey deposit in north-west Russia with 200,000 tonnes before increasing to 1m tonne in 2013, the company revealed to IM.

The product, apatite concentrate, is a high-grade beneficiated phosphate rock with the minimum 39.4% P2O5 content. There will be additional nepheline concentrate as by-product...