Ulba Metallurgical Plant (UMP), widely known as ''Ulba'' (;

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

: ''АО "Ульбинский металлургический завод"'', ''АО "УМЗ"''), is a

joint stock company A joint-stock company (JSC) is a business entity in which shares of the company's capital stock, stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by their share (finance), shares (certifi ...

. It is part of the National Atomic Company " Kazatomprom", which is the national operator for nuclear industry in

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

. It is one of the world leaders in terms of production of

beryllium Beryllium is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Be and atomic number 4. It is a steel-gray, hard, strong, lightweight and brittle alkaline earth metal. It is a divalent element that occurs naturally only in combination with ...

tantalum Tantalum is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ta and atomic number 73. It is named after Tantalus, a figure in Greek mythology. Tantalum is a very hard, ductility, ductile, lustre (mineralogy), lustrous, blue-gray transition ...

, and

niobium Niobium is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol Nb (formerly columbium, Cb) and atomic number 41. It is a light grey, crystalline, and Ductility, ductile transition metal. Pure niobium has a Mohs scale of mineral hardness, Mohs h ...

, as well as uranium-based fuel bricks for nuclear power stations. It has been proposed as a site for storing and distributing low-enriched uranium fuel internationally to reduce proliferation risk from installing enrichment facilities in IAEA-unfriendly states. Ulba is located in

Oskemen Oskemen ( ) or Ust-Kamenogorsk ( rus, Усть-Каменогорск, p=ˌʊsʲtʲ kəmʲɪnɐˈgorsk) is the largest city in the east of Kazakhstan and the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Name The city has two ...

, a large center of non-ferrous metallurgy of Kazakhstan.

TÜV TÜVs (; short for , ) are internationally active, independent service companies from Germany and Austria that test, inspect and certify technical systems, facilities and objects of all kinds in order to minimize hazards and prevent damages. T ...

-CERT certification body certifies

Quality System A quality management system (QMS) is a collection of business processes focused on consistently meeting customer requirements and enhancing their satisfaction. It is aligned with an organization's purpose and strategic direction ( ISO 9001:2015). ...

of UMP JSC according to ISO-9001. Ulba has a number of daughter and affiliates companies for service, auxiliary operations and sales promotion. Some of them are: * Mashzavod Ltd., machinery plant * Ulba Fluorine Complex Ltd., production of

hydrofluoric acid Hydrofluoric acid is a solution of hydrogen fluoride (HF) in water. Solutions of HF are colorless, acidic and highly corrosive. A common concentration is 49% (48–52%) but there are also stronger solutions (e.g. 70%) and pure HF has a boiling p ...

for different applications * Ulba SPC Ltd., research & production company * Yingtan Ulba Shine Metal Materials Co., Ltd., production of copper beryllium products such as strip, sheets, plates etc. It is located in

Yingtan Yingtan ( zh, s=鹰潭 , t=鷹潭 , p=Yīngtán, l=Eagle Pond) is a prefecture-level city in the east of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Fujian to the southeast. Its location near the trisection of Jiangxi, Fujian, and Zhe ...

Jiangxi Province ; Gan: ) , translit_lang1_type2 = , translit_lang1_info2 = , translit_lang1_type3 = , translit_lang1_info3 = , image_map = Jiangxi in China (+all claims hatched).svg , mapsize = 275px , map_caption = Location ...

, China. This is a joint venture between the Ulba Metallurgical Plant and Ningbo Shengtai Electronic Materials Co., Ltd. * BerylliUM Ltd., sales promotion of Ulba products in Russia and

Commonwealth of Independent States The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional organization, regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It covers an ar ...

countries, located in Moscow * Ulba China Co., Ltd., sales promotion of Ulba products in China and East Asian countries, located in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

References

{{reflist

External links

Official website
* http://www.kazatomprom.kz/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20120322193816/http://www.ulba-shine.com/en/ * http://www.beryllium.ru * https://web.archive.org/web/20110411165544/http://www.ftor.kz/ Companies of Kazakhstan

References

Further reading

External links