Silmet
| Silmet | |
|---|---|
| legal form | AS |
| Seat |
Sillamäe , Estonia
|
| management | David James O'Brock |
| Number of employees | 600 |
| Website | website |
Silmet is an Estonian manufacturer of pure niobium , tantalum and rare earths . Liquid-liquid extraction with nitric acid is used as the manufacturing process .
history
The Silmet company goes back to an oil shale factory built in 1927 . In the Soviet Union, the plant was dedicated to uranium enrichment . From 1970 niobium, tantalum and rare earths were processed. As a raw material are loparite -concentrates from the operation Sewredmet on the peninsula Kola ( Lovozero tundra ) processes.
In 2011 the company was taken over by the American company Molycorp . In June 2015, a major fire severely damaged the production halls.
Individual evidence
- ↑ REEs Up Close and Personal: A Visit to the Silmet Plant, Estonia , June 7th 2011
- ↑ History ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Baltic Countries (Estonia Latvia Lithuania) Mineral Industry Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information and Regulations . International Business Publications, 2015, ISBN 978-1-329-09112-2 ( Google Books ).
- ↑ Molycorp Acquires Controlling Stake in AS Silmet, Expands Operations to Europe, Doubles Near-Term Rare Earth Oxide Production Capacity ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 4, 2011
- ↑ Post navigation Molycorp Silmet plans to resume production of rare metals in Estonia after major fire , June 16, 2015
