The company's production activities were suspended until mid-May 2025 due to a pause in the supply of chrome raw materials by Kazakhstani partners.
Smelting of chrome ore. Photo: "NZHS".
The government of the Orenburg Region held a meeting on the topic of assistance to the enterprise in the supply of chromium-containing raw materials, said Dmitry Kulakov, First Deputy Minister of Industry and Energy of the Orenburg Region.
The management of NZHS JSC is negotiating with potential Russian suppliers of chromium ore, as well as with suppliers from Afghanistan and Iran, the ministry added.
The calcination furnace of the workshop for the production of sodium monochromate. Photo: "NZHS".
Earlier it was reported that the owner of the plant intends to keep the company's staff, while the main production was suspended, the staff was transferred to other areas. "The management of NZHS JSC is constantly explaining to the team that the production shutdown is temporary, and there are no plans for staff layoffs and layoffs," Kulakov said.
According to him, in recent years, before the introduction of international sanctions by unfriendly foreign countries, the company demonstrated stable performance. Revenue for 2024 is estimated at 12 billion rubles.
The non-ferrous metals section of the ferroalloys workshop. Photo: "NZHS".
Novotroitsk Chromium Compounds Plant specializes in the processing of chromium ore, it was founded in 1963. The plant's products are used, as specified on the company's website, in a wide range of industrial sectors: textile, leather, pulp and paper, glass, paint and varnish, chemical industries, production of synthetic detergents, as well as mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, aircraft manufacturing, metallurgy; they are shipped to numerous consumers in the regions of Russia, in the countries of the near and far abroad.
