Ammonium Nitrate for the Production of Industrial Ex-plosives and Drilling and Blasting in Russia: Production, Market and Forecast

Abstract 

  
1. Brief characteristics of the Russian market of ammonium nitrate for the production of industrial explosives 
1.1. Quality of products 
1.2. Production of ammonium nitrate in Russia 
1.2.1. Statistics on production of ammonium nitrate 
1.2.2. The current position of the main suppliers of ammonium nitrate for the manufacture of industrial explosives 
Kemerovo JSC Azot (Kemerovo) 
JSC Azot (Berezniki, Perm Territory) 
1.3. Dynamics and structure of the supply of ammonium nitrate for the manufacture of industrial explosives 
  
2. Analysis of current conditions of drilling and blasting market in Russia 
2.1. Consumption of industrial explosives 
2.2. Dynamics of volume of drilling and blasting operations in Russia 
2.3. Sectoral structure of drilling and blasting in Russia 
2.4. Regional structure of drilling and blasting operations in Russia 
  
3. Current position of enterprises engaged in drilling and blasting in open pit mining 
3.1. The coal industry 
JSC Katur (Kemerovo Region) 
JSC Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK) 
JSC Coal Company Southern Kuzbass 
3.2. Enterprises which produce non-metallic minerals 
JSC Apatite (Murmansk Region) 
JSC Uralasbest (Sverdlovsk Region) 
JSC Pavlovskgranit (Voronezh Region) 
3.3. Iron ore companies 
JSC Karelian Pellet (The Republic of Karelia) 
JSC Mikhailovsky GOK (Kursk Region) 
JSC Kachkanarsky GOK Vanadium (Sverdlovsk Region) 
3.4. The gold mining companies 
JSC Polyus Gold 
JSC Artel Seligdar 
3.5. Diamond companies 
JSC AK Alrosa (The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)) 
3.7. Service Companies 
JSC Znamya (Kemerovo Region) 
JSC SPC Kolymavzryvprom (Magadan Region) 
JSC Volgovzryvprom (Nizhny Novgorod Region) 
CJSC Azot-Vzryv (Moscow) 
JSC Kubanvzryvprom (Krasnodar Territory) 
  
4. Market prospects of ammonium nitrate for the manufacture of industrial explosives and drilling and blasting market in Russia

Table 1. Specifications of various grades of ammonium nitrate, corresponding to GOST 2-85 
Table 2. Technical characteristics of ammonium nitrate brand ZhVG 
Table 3. Production of ammonium nitrate in Russia in 2005-2007, th. tonnes (in kind) 
Table 4. Volumes and destinations of supplies of ammonium nitrate for the production of industrial explosives by JSC Azot in 2005-2007, th. tonnes 
Table 5. Technical characteristics of the porous granulated ammonium nitrate of LLC Uralchem 
Table 6. Volumes and directions of supplies of ammonium nitrate for the production of industrial explosives by JSC Azot in 2005-2007, th. tonnes 
Table 7. Volumes of supplies of ammonium nitrate to largest (TOP 10) consumers in 2005-2007, th. tonnes 
Table 8. Sectoral structure of carrying out drilling and blasting operations in Russia in 2005-2008, mln m3 
Table 9. Volumes of drilling and drilling and blasting at the largest enterprises of coal industry in 2007, mln m3 
Table 10. Volumes of drilling and blasting at the largest enterprises that produce non-metallic minerals in 2007, mln m3 
Table 11. Volumes of supplies of ammonium nitrate to the JSC Apatite in 2005-2007, th. tonnes 
Table 12. Volumes of supplies of ammonium nitrate to the JSC Uralsabest in 2005-2007, th. tonnes 
Table 13. Volumes of drilling and blasting at the largest iron ore enterprises in 2007, mln m3 
Table 14. Volumes of supplies of ammonium nitrate to the JSC Karelian Pellet in 2005-2007, th. tonnes 
Table 15. Volumes of supplies of ammonium nitrate to the JSC Mikhailovsky GOK in 2005-2007, th. tonnes 
Table 16. Volumes of drilling and blasting at the largest gold mining enterprises in 2007, mln m3 
Table 17. Volumes of supplies of ammonium nitrate to the JSC Aldanzoloto GRK in 2005-2007, th. tonnes 
Table 18. Volumes of drilling and blasting at the largest diamond enterprises in 2007, mln m3 
Table 19. Volumes of supplies of ammonium nitrate for mining companies of JSC Alrosa in 2005-2007, th. tonnes 
Table 20. Volumes of supplies of ammonium nitrate to the JSC Znamya in 2005-2007, th. tonnes 

Figure 1. The structure of the supply of ammonium nitrate for the production of industrial explosives in 2007, % 
Figure 2. Dynamics of production of ammonium nitrate by JSC ​​Azot and its supplies to producers of industrial explosives in 2005-2007, th. tonnes 
Figure 3. Dynamics of production of ammonium nitrate by JSC Azot and its supplies to producers of industrial explosives in 2005-2007, th. tonnes 
Figure 4. The dynamics of supply of ammonium nitrate to producers of industrial explosives in 2005-2007, th. tonnes 
Figure 5. Sectoral structure of the supply of ammonium nitrate to producers of industrial explosives in 2007, % 
Figure 6. Dynamics of consumption of industrial explosives in Russia, th.tonnes 
Figure 7. Production mix of industrial explosives in Russia in 2007 
Figure 8. The main producers of emulsion explosives in Russia 
Figure 9. The dynamics of the exploded rock mass volumes in open cast mining in Russia in 2005-2008, mln m3 
Figure 10. Regional structure of drilling and blasting in Russia in 2007, %