Russia: Konstantinov Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical
Combine (KChKhK) Кирово-Чепецкий химический комбинат
имени Б.П. Константинова
(КЧХК)
LOCATION:
Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov Oblast Address:
7 pereulok Pozharnyy, Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov Oblast, 613040 Telephone: (332)
62-79-21, (3361) 9-42-04 Fax: (332) 62-79-21 E-mail:
office@kckk.ru HOMEPAGE: http://www.kckk.ru [KChKhK
Web Site, http://www.kckk.ru/.]
SUBORDINATION:
Joint-stock company, with
38% of shares controlled by the state. The shares are equally divided between the
Ministry of Property Relations and the Kirov Oblast administration.
Federal Atomic Energy Agency administers shares owned by the Ministry of Property Relations.
The agrochemical corporation Azot (affiliated
with Gazprom)
owns 27% of KChKhK shares.[1,2,3]
Sources: [1]
Larisa Bazhina, "Dlya kogo sleduyushchiy vtornik stanet 'chernym'?" Kirovets,
No. 69, 11 April 2002; in Kirovo-Chepetsk City Web Site,
http://city.kchepetsk.ru/. [2] KChKhK
Web Site, http://www.kckk.ru/. [3] Svetlana Novolodskaya, Mikhail Kozyrev, "Atomnyye udobreniya," Vedomosti,
26 December 2000; in Integrum Tekhno,
http://www.integrum.com/. STRUCTURE: KChKhK consists of the Polymer
Plant, Plant of Mineral Fertilizers
and Overhaul-Mechanical Plant.
[Nuclear Business Directory (Moscow: IBR
Corporation, 2000), p. 94.] ACTIVITIES:
KChKhK was established in 1938.
In 1949 it began producing hydrogen
fluoride and fluorine.[1] Until 1993, KChKhK was
subordinate to Minatom. It produced
uranium tetrafluoride and hexafluoride, and was involved in radioactive waste processing and disposal. In 1994, KChKhK was transformed into a
joint-stock company.[2] In July 1997, an edict by President Yeltsin excluded the
Combine from the list of strategic enterprises and authorized the sale of the 38% of KChKhK stock owned by the state.[3] In March 1998, a new edict reduced the number
of shares for sale to 19%.[4] As of October 2002, the state shares had not
been
sold.
After 1993, KChKhK uranium
hexafluoride production facilities were deactivated and excluded from the
privatization program, along with its radioactive waste reprocessing and burial
sites. Minatom wants to reincorporate these facilities into its system. However, conflicts between the federal center, regional authorities and
private shareholders over the combine have hindered Minatom's intentions thus
far.[5,6,7]
KChKhK produces fluoroplastics, ammonium nitrate, nitrogenous and phosphoric
fertilizers, fluorine rubber and other chemical products.[1,5] The Combine employs
more than 14,000 people, 6,500 of whom are involved in manufacturing.[8] Sources: [1] KChKhK
Web Site, http://www.kckk.ru/. [2] Vladimir Klimov, "Vnimaniye, ekologicheskaya katastrofa!" Nezavisimaya
gazeta online edition, http://www.ng.ru/, 4 March 2002.
[3] Presidential
Edict No. 679 "O prodazhe zakreplennykh v federalnoy sobstvennosti aktsiy
aktsionernogo obshchestva 'Kirovo-Chepetskiy khimicheskiy kombinat'," 4 July
1997, Rossiyskaya gazeta, No. 130, 9 July 1997; in Integrum Tekhno,
http://www.integrum.com/.
[4] Presidential Edict No. 217 "O vnesenii izmeneniy v Ukaz Prezidenta
Rossiyskoy Federatsii ot 4 uyulya 1997 g. N 679 'O prodazhe zakreplennykh v federalnoy sobstvennosti aktsiy
aktsionernogo obshchestva 'Kirovo-Chepetskiy khimicheskiy kombinat'," 2
March
1998, Rossiyskaya gazeta, No. 46, 10 March 1997; in Integrum Tekhno,
http://www.integrum.com/.
[5] Svetlana Novolodskaya, Mikhail Kozyrev, "Atomnyye udobreniya," Vedomosti,
26 December 2000; in Integrum Tekhno,
http://www.integrum.com/.
[6] Dmitriy Butrin, "Minatom rabotayet 'po-chubaysovski'," Kommersant,
No. 243, 27 December 2000; in Integrum Tekhno,
http://www.integrum.com/.
[7] Press conference of Minister of Atomic Energy Yevgeniy Adamov, RIA Novosti,
http://www.rian.ru/, 16
January 2001; in Integrum Tekhno,
http://www.integrum.com.
[8] Yevgeniy Zhuykov, "'Budushcheye nashikh predpriyatiy - v obyedinenii', -
schitayet pervyy zam. generalnogo direktora OAO 'KChKhK' A.V. Dremov," Vyatskiy
kray, No. 177, 25 September 2002; in Integrum Tekhno,
http://www.integrum.com/.
{Entered 10/25/02 DA}
