Ore delivery from Bystrinskoye Ore Mining Company (Nornickel)

Creating a logistics chain for exporting products to China, Yekaterinburg Oblast and Primorsky Krai.

Client

Nornickel is the leader of Russia’s mining and metallurgical industry and the world’s largest producer of high-grade nickel and palladium.

The Group’s Zabbaikal division includes LLC Bystrinskoye Ore Mining Company. The facility was built in record time (3.5 years), launched into commercial operation in 2019, and reached its design capacity in 2020. The Bystrinsky Ore Mining and Processing Plant is the largest greenfield project in the Russian metallurgical industry. It is located in the remote Gazimuro-Zavodsk district in Zabaykalsky Krai.

Project Objective

Ore delivery from Bystrinskoye Ore Mining Company to China, to OJSC Sredneuralsky Copper Smelting Plant (Revda, Yekaterinburg Oblast) and to the port of Nakhodka (Primorsky Krai).

As the plant had only just been commissioned when the work had started, GEFCO Russia faced the challenge of creating a logistics chain from scratch within a short timeframe.

Solution

In this project, GEFCO Russia acted as an outsourced logistics service provider. The project team included representatives in Moscow, Zabaikal and Manchuria.

The GEFCO Russia's team developed a route from the company’s adjacent Gazimursky Zavod railway station to the border crossing to China, to Revda and to the port of Nakhodka. The solution was developed in coordination with regional railroads and Chinese partners.

GEFCO Russia also provided the rolling stock (gondola wagons) and all necessary related services for documentation and wagon fleet management (maintenance, repair, placement, removal, etc.).

Result

GEFCO Russia developed and implemented a logistics solution that fully met the client’s needs for export of the plant’s products, while respecting transit times and keeping the stakeholders informed at every stage of transportation.

The total volume of transportation during the project amounted to more than 1.5 million tons of ore.

Benefits for the Client

GEFCO Russia has expertise in logistics solutions for the mining industry, extensive experience in building reliable routes between major industrial zones and a vast network of partners in the transportation infrastructure sector.
GEFCO Russia can quickly meet the customer’s rolling stock and related maintenance needs.
The GEFCO Russia team is proficient in rail and multimodal shipment, dispatching and “one-stop-shop” project management.

JSC NORMETIMPEX has been successfully cooperating with GEFCO Russia in logistics since 2017. On behalf of the company, I would like to express our gratitude to GEFCO Russia and commend them for high professionalism in organization of international and domestic rail transportation during the launch of LLC Bystrinskoye Ore Mining Company, as well as in regular bulk shipments with annual volumes of more than 20,000 wagons.
We recommend GEFCO Russia as a highly qualified and reliable logistic partner.

А.Y. Lasiy

Head of the General Division of JSC NORMETIMPEX (a subsidiary of PJSC Mining and Metallurgical Company Norilsk Nickel)