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Bullion World | Volume 2 | Issue 07 | July 2022

Krastsvetmet - only Russian refiner with

international gold quality accreditation of

UAE GD and Shanghai Gold Exchange

What are the key verticals in
the company’s precious metals
space? Can you brief in detail
about the volumes processed
and operating efficiency of your
refineries?
Krastsvetmet processes mineral and
secondary raw materials containing
eight known precious metals, such
as gold, silver, platinum, palladium,
rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, and
osmium producing fine metals out of
it. Last year we processed more than
200 tons of gold, 480 tons of silver,
and 100 tons of PGMs.

Apart from processing and refining
precious metals feeds, Krastsvetmet
offers a variety of industrial solutions
to fertilizer and glass-making
industries, including technical
products manufacturing and making Mr Sergei Belov
jewelry articles.
Deputy CEO-Head of the Refinery Division, Krastsvetmet
Can you detail the company’s
refining and processing region owned and gained more delivery with a temporary suspension
capabilities? expertise in industrial and automobile starting on March 7, 2022. Currently,

The refining capacities of catalysts refining. We are focusing Krastsvetmet is the only refinery
Krastsvetmet can handle up to 640 on more recently; we are extracting in Russia that has international
tons of gold, 1000 tons of silver, and such metals as platinum, palladium, gold quality accreditation of UAE
270 tons of platinum group metals rhodium, iridium, and ruthenium from GD and Shanghai gold exchange.
annually. Krastsvetmet operates chemical, petrochemical, and oil Krastsvetmet is well recognized
hydrometallurgy and pyro metallurgy industrial catalysts. internationally with more than
and owns an analytical laboratory How does your company 30 years of worldwide export
and a research and development differentiate itself from its experience. Thus, the domestic
center. Platinum group metals competitors in the gold refining suppliers seek cooperation that can
extracting is our company's core business? What are the strengths ensure international sales of their
expertise as we were initially built to and uniqueness? gold.
process Norilsk Nickel concentrates The government approved 11 Apart from that, we offer our
and were part of NN. Since then, the precious metals refineries in Russia. suppliers a wide range of services
company became state Krasnoyarsk 6 of them used to be LBMA good that can meet their needs in the

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