NON-FERROUS METALLURGICAL COMBINE ALMALYK, USSR

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• Publication Date: January 1, 1960
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NON-FERROUS METALLURGICAL COMBINE
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NON-FERROUS METALLURGICAL COMBINE
ALMALYK, USSR
A non-ferrous metallurgical combine is being developed in the vicinity
of Almalyk (Figure 1), approximately 50 rail miles SSE of Tashkent in the
Kuraminskiy mountain range.
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,Figure 2 and 5) is in operation south of Almalyk, and that construction of
a thermal power plant and an unidentified industry (Figure 2 and 4) is
nearing completion on the west edge of town. Another area of construction
(Figure 2), located a mile north of the power plant, is notable for its large
a_I xcavations and was previously reported in t.:1A/Hl`A JPIB 1-58, dated
3 January 1958, and Air.- DPIR `1'-58-37, dateddi September 1958. There is
no photographic evidence: that either a smelter- or refinery is in operation
or under construction in the Almalyk area.
i'wo bench mines are being exploited a . the east edge of Almalyk,
approximately 8 rail miles from the ore conceiatration plant. These appa-
rently comprise the Kal.'makir mines, which reportedly extract copper-
t-i-tolybdenum ores.
Another bench mine and as. least two underground mines are located
-approximately 15 miles south of Almalyk, at Altyntapkan (Figure 3).
'!'his area reportedly is extracting lead-zinc ores. Ore from the Altyn-
tapkan mines is transported approximately ~ miles by overhead bucket
conveyor to a railroad terminus on the Kaa.ra-Kiya river, where it is
transferred to railroad ears. 't'here is evidence of widespread test-boring
throughout the Almalyk- Alt:yntapkan area.
,'hotography also confirms reports that Almalyk, which was a small
village prior to World War 11, has developed into a mining city with a
population estimated at 50,000 persons. A support area at the northwest
edge of the city contains facilities for the main:.enance, repair and storage
of mining vehicles and equipment, and for the preparation of construction
materials. 'there is a railroad locomotive and car repair facility, a saw
tzmill, a vehicle maintenance and repair area, a possible ferro-concrete
plant, a probable refractory, and several areas of open storage.
..Vlore than 100 new barracks.-type buildings, apparently for housing
workers, are evident in the Altyntapkan mining area. Approximately
5 miles SE of Altyntapkan, on the southern slopes of the Kuraminskiy
range, is the uranium raining town. of 'l aboslhar, which will be described
i-, a forthcoming report on uranium mining and milling.
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EXCAVATIONS
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INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION
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FIGURE 3. MINING AREA AT ALTYNTAPKAN, USSR
POWER PLANT AND INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION
KEY TO ANNOTATIONS
(Figure 4)
1. Coal unloading and storage area, rail-served, with excavation 425'
long and 40' wide.
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2. Probable hoist house, 40' x 20', connected by overhead conveyor under
construction with coal preparation building (item 3) and probably by
underground conveyor with coal storage area (item 1).
3. Coal preparation building, 90' x 25', connected by conveyor under
construction with boiler house (item 10).
4. Storage building, 100' x 40'.
5. Workshop, 120' x 45'.
6. Building with two sections, single story 80'x 40', multi-story 50' x 30'.
7. Stack, base diameter 20-25', height 225'.
8. Probable storage building, 100' x 40'.
9. Cooling tower under construction, octagonal in shape, base diameter
100-110', height 175'.
10. Boiler :louse, generator hall and offices under construction, over-all
dimensions 240' x 190'.
11. Probable substation under construction. One section, 65' x 45', con-
nected by catwalk with generator hall; second section 110' x 30'.
12. Two storage buildings, 120' x 40' and 100' x 40', with open storage
surrounding buildings.
13. Two tanks, each approximately 25' diameter.
14. Fenced storage area. This area contains: six rail-served storage
buildings 140' x 30', 440' x 60', 230' x 60', 230' x 60', 460' x 60' and
240' x 65'; one probable maintenance building 135' x 50'; one admin-
istrative building 70' x 401; four probable earth-covered tanks 60-70'
diameter, connected by pipeline with small pumphouse, 25' x 15'; and
an open storage area covering approximately 300,000 sq. ft.
15. Irregularly -shaped building. Main section, 140' x 125', has flat roof
with modified monitor 60' x 20' and six vents or short stacks. Pitched-
roofed section at west end, 140' x 60', has probable conveyor leaving
building at north end. Flat-roofed section at east end 110' x 35'.
16. Building, 400' x 160', with modified monitors and vents or short stacks
on roof, and with section at west end 95' x 30'. Rail spur enters build-
ing at east end.
17. Workshop, 180' x 70'.
18. Excavation for probable underground steam lines.
19. Building under construction, 450' x 140', with end section 180' x 65'.
Monitor 60' wide runs length of 450' section.
20. Storage building, 260' x 50'.
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ORL CONCENTRATION PLANT
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1. Reagent storage and mixing building, roof area 21,200 sq. ft. Connected
by conveyor to ore concentration building (item 7).
2. Ore receiving facthty. Receiving chute reads to building, 40' x 20',
connected by conveyor to ore concentration building.
3. Ore receiving and primary crushing building, 85' x 45'.
4. Ore storage building, 225' x 100', connected by two conveyors to
primary crushing building.
5. Secondary crushing building, 1.80' x 70'. Conveyor extending from east
side of building probably continues underground to ore storage building.
6. Ore storage and regrind building, 120' x 100', connected by three con-
veyors with secondary crushing building, and by one conveyor with ore
concentration building.
7. Ore concentration building, roof area Y71,800 800 sq. ft.
8. Probable shop, 65' x 45'.
9. Administration and. personnel building, 12`x' x 35'.
10. Maintenance building, 80' x 50'.
11. Steam plant, 50' x 50'.
12. Ore concentrate storage and loading bui ldi:ng. Still under construction,
final dimensions estimated to be 160' x 401.
13. Ore concentrate drying building, irregularly-shaped, roof area 6,925
sq. ft. Connected by pipeline with ore concentration building.
1.4. Storage building, 1h0' x 55'.
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FIGURE 5. ORE CONCENTRATION PLANT
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REQUIREMENT: Prepared in answer to CIA Requirement RR/HTA/E/
R117/58 requesting a detailed description of the Almalyk non-ferrous
metallurgical combine.
MAP DATA :
USAF Pilotage Chart 328D, scale 1:500,000. (C)
WAC 328, scale 1:1,000,000. (U)
AMS Series N502, Sheet NK 42-11, 1957, scale 1:250,000. (U)
COORDINATES: 40?50'N
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