ZINCUM project is included into Russian federal project Closed-Loop Economy and will be commissioned in early 2025.
Construction works to be completed in 2024 and about 100 new jobs to be created in Kursk region.
ZINCUM will process up to 120 000 tonnes per year of Electric-Arc Furnace Dust (EAF Dust) which is currently being mostly landfilling.
High-quality Waelz-zinc oxide (Zn > 70%, low chlorine and fluorine) for zinc smelters to be produced for Russian and foreign customers.
Another product, iron containing clinker to be utilized locally in cement mills to prove zero-waste philosophy of the project.