Verkhnyaya Pyshma
Verkhnyaya Pyshma (Russian: Ве́рхняя Пы́шма) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, situated ten kilometers north of Yekaterinburg at 56°58′34″N 60°35′40″E / 56.97611°N 60.59444°E. Population: 58,016 (2002 Census). Postal code: 624080. International dialing code: +7 (34368). Mayor: Yuri Yakovlev.
History
Founded in 1660 as selo Pyshminskoye (after the Pyshma River). A copper mine opened here in 1856. Town status since 1946.
Ecology and health issues
In July of 2007 there was found as Russians officials said atypical pneumonia virus Legionella_pneumophila (RSOE Emergency and Disaster Information Service number EH-20070731-12641-RUS Epidemic Hazard 110 persons infected). There was much rumors in mass media because there may be some biological walfare background (military test site near the city) much like incident in 1979 in Compound 19 in Yekaterinburg. But unofficially in local Internet forums people tell about splash from chemical production line and chemically induced pneumonia[citation needed]
. Russian officials much like as it was in soviet times silently ignore and do desinformation about severe health problems for about 165 persons from 25 July till 3 August with 5 dead [citation needed]
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Also serious ecological issues due to severe environment pollution [citation needed]
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Coat of arms
The coat of arms of the town is a gryphon holdglu gold "mirror of Venus". The gryphon is the guard of riches and also the strength of mind. The "mirror of Venus" is the sign of copper, which is being mined in the region.
Uralelectromed began production in 1934. It is now part of the Urals Mining and Metal Company. Uralelectromed is one of the key Russian enterprises in the non-ferrous metallurgy. Main types of products include copper cathodes, copper powder, copper sulfate, wire rods, as well as gold and silver ingots.
Joint-stock company Uralredmet (formerly Pyshminsky Experimental Plant) is located in Verkhnyaya Pyshma. The plant was commissioned in 1958. Products:
- high purity rare and rare-earth metals, their oxides and fluorides;
- refractory metals and their oxides;
- phosphors;
Key activities of the company:
- manufacture of vanadium based master alloys by the aluminothermic reduction method for titanium alloys;
- manufacture of high purity (99.9%) vanadium ingots by the electron beam melting method;
- manufacture of electrolytic vanadium powder (purity 99.7%);
- manufacture of rare-earth oxides by the liquid-liquid extraction method;
- manufacture of red color glow phosphors on the basis of yttrium oxysulphide, activated by europium and pigmented by iron oxide, for color cathode-rat tubes;
- manufacture of phosphors for high-pressure mercury arc lamps on the basis of yttrium phosphate-borate-vanadate, activated by europium and terbium;
The company supplies its products to customers in nuclear, electronic and aircraft industries as well as to a number of academic and industrial scientific institutes. Products with the Uralredmet brand is renowned for its high quality both in Russia and abroad. The company is included in the official supplier list of General Electric (USA).