OREANDA-NEWS. On 21 April 2009 was announced, that Kovdorsky mining and concentration factory, which is part of the Mineral Chemical Company EuroChem, is increasing the production apatite concentrate.

EuroChem produced 204300 tons of apatite concentrate in March, exceeding its planned production by 1.12%. The shipment of phosphorous rich raw materials to its customer for this period amounted to 225500 tons; which means the planned production was exceeded by 6.67%

Increasing the volume of production and shipment of apatite concentrate was made possible owing to the completion of a variety of major investment projects of the Mineral Chemical Company EuroChem at Kovdorsky mining and concentration factory, which is aimed at increasing the productivity and effectiveness of the extraction and processing of raw materials containing apatite. Among priority projects is the construction of a new factory for the processing of technogenic raw material, the modernization of the filtration department of apatite production, the reconstruction of sections of the gravitation and flotation of the mineral processing complex, the modernization of dehydrating plant and the replacement of worn out or obsolete equipment to modern and more productive equipment.

Kovdorsky mining and concentration factory is the second producer of apatite concentrate in Russia with regards to volume of production and shipping of this specific type of product.