Non-ferrous metallurgy is the backbone of the Krasnoyarsk region, Russia's main gold-mining region and an area four times the size of France populated by only 3.5 million people.
The region is packed with natural resources, holding almost 100% of all Russian platinum and 65% of its nickel. It also holds large amounts of copper, coal, lead and gold.
One of the factories in the area is the Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant, known by its Soviet-era acronym Krastsvetmet. Krastsvetmet went into production in 1943 and has become one of the world's largest player in the precious metal industry.
Today Krastsvetmet, 4000km from Moscow, refines about 80 tonnes of gold a year, roughly half of Russia's output, and processes all but a tiny fraction of the country's platinum group metals.
Once witness to Stalinist repression and a top-secret enterprise, Krastsvetmet now boats state-of-the-art workshops equipped with Western machinery and is trying to adapt to market economics.
To cushion fluctuations in metal prices, the plant launched its own jewellery manufacture in 1994. Krystsvetmet is now a market leader in jewellery, making a quarter of all Russian machine-manufactured chains and bracelets.
Emas yang sedang diproses. Terdapat perkataan 'Rusia' diukir di atas emas tersebut.
Emas disusun di dalam kotak khas bagi proses penghantaran.
Proses membuat 'silver'. Bongkah itu seberat 30kg.
Berapa yer berat setiap satu tu?Source: The Star
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