Russian Mining Chemical Company LLC (RMCC) is expanding its range of high grade magnesium compounds and will start the production of high active magnesium oxide. The product will be manufactured at the recently opened third processing plant in Vyazma (Smolensk region, Russia) and will be sold under the MagPro trademark.
MagPro is manufactured on a new calcination line which was constructed in Germany. The line is designed according to the newest developments and technologies available which ensure a stable high quality end product.
Micronised grades of magnesium oxide are most widely used in the production of halogen-containing synthetic rubbers. In particular, MagPro is used as an inhibitor of premature polymerization, an acid acceptor (HCl) during the production of synthetic rubber. In SMC and BMC production it serves a thickener in premixes and prepregs.
The use of MagPro in the production of rubber products gives many advantages, as MagPro is a natural product and manufactured by indirect calcination of high quality brucite from the company’s mining operation in Kuldur. This technology avoids contamination of the magnesium oxide with the residues of fuel combustion and also prevents overheating of the product which would reduce its activity.
MagPro has a precisely defined particle size distribution and a specific surface area of more than 140 sq m/g. Thanks to state of the art technology for the selection of raw materials by X-ray radiometric separation of ore, MagPro has a very stable chemical composition. Moreover, because of the mineral source it does not contain any volatiles like chlorides and sulphates. Because of these features MagPro provides the same or better performance as the much more expensive synthetic grades of magnesium oxide.
Taking into account the properties of the product and the production technology, MagPro has the best price-quality ratio in comparison with alternative grades of magnesium oxide.
The line has a capacity of 7,500 tonnes annually. The final commissioning will take place in October 2018.
In Europe, Middle East, North Africa, India and North America MagPro will be distributed by RMCC’s exclusive partner – company Europiren BV. (Press Release)