# Kyshtym Copper Electrolyte Plant to modernize copper rod workshop with Southwire equipment

Kyshtym Copper Electrolyte Plant (KMEZ), part of Russian Copper Company, is working with US company Southwire on a project to increase production capacity of its copper rod workshop. The modernization will raise line speed to 20 t/h and annual output to 140,000 tonnes of copper rod, with an investment of RUB 311 million.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-09-27
- Where: Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
- Value: $5.40M (311.0M RUB)
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 140,000 tonnes per year of copper rod
- Products: copper rod
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Kyshtym Copper Electrolyte Plant](https://endata.com/companies/17672.md)
- [Southwire](https://endata.com/companies/17673.md) (supplier)
- [Russian Copper Company](https://endata.com/companies/17674.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [urbc.ru](https://urbc.ru/print:page,1,1068071681-novoe-oborudovanie-dlya-ceha-mednoy-katanki-kmeza-postavit-amerikanskaya-kompaniya-southwire.html), 2017-09-27: "Модернизация цеха медной катанки ЗАО «КМЭЗ» позволит уже в 2018 году увеличить скорость технологической цепочки до 20 т в час, а выпуск продукции — до 140 тыс. т медной катанки в год."

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