Orenburg Minerals

There are legends about the miracle mineral chrysotile, emphasizing its remarkable qualities - it does not burn, it is soft, its fiber fluffs like flax. A long time ago, Ural craftsmen woven a tablecloth from chrysotile fibers and presented it to Peter I. They told me to set it on fire. But no! The wonderful tablecloth is not burning! And then the tsar ordered to look for this mineral in the Ural land and consume it for the benefit of the fatherland.

Description:

JSC "Orenburg Minerals" is one of the largest enterprises in the Eastern Orenburg region, which is a city-forming enterprise and a guarantor of the economic and social stability of the city of Yasny in the Orenburg region.

Over 40 years of operation, the joint–stock company has gained the status of the world's largest mining enterprise producing chrysotile. Currently, "Orenburg Minerals" JSC produces about 500 thousand tons of chrysotile fiber annually, it is a highly mechanized mining and processing enterprise equipped with modern equipment, the production processes of which are maximally automated.

The Kiembaevskoye deposit, on the basis of which the "Orenburg Minerals" combine operates, is located in the Yasnensky district of the Orenburg region, about 450 km east of Orenburg. The first geological surveys of the area date back to the end of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century, when the Northern Mugodjars were visited by Pallas in 1773, Kovalevsky, Gerngross, Eversman, Murchison in 1840, Meglitsky and Antipov in 1854-1855. Systematic geological study was initiated only in the 30s of the twentieth century.

During the tour, you will get acquainted with all the technological processes of mining and transport equipment. You will see the operation of drilling equipment, loading of vehicles with hydraulic and electric excavators.: 100 tons of VOLVO, TEREX, KOMATZU cars. Filling of the rolling stock of PE-2M traction units at the averaging and reloading warehouses, preparation of tracks and roads with powerful Katarpiller D-9 bulldozers, operation of auxiliary equipment necessary for the successful operation of mining, railway, and motor transport equipment. And, of course, you will have a unique photo shoot against the background of one of the best quarries in the world with a depth of more than 250 m.

The tour route:

• Industrial site.
• Checkpoint post No. 9.
• The western side of the quarry.
• The observation deck of the quarry.