Contacts | Feedback | Procurement About company Press service Extraction and processing of amber Social politics Work and career Industrial tourism Photo gallery For clients and partners general information Plant management Public information Story Strategy and development prospects OP "Malysheva" Affiliated companies Awards and diplomas AMBER PANELS the Amber Room to every house more details ... OP Malysheva Information the main > About company > general information general information JSC "Kaliningrad Amber Plant" was founded by the decision of the Soviet government in February 1947. The enterprise was created on the basis of the Konigsberg amber factory, which was part of the State Amber Manufactory during the times of East Prussia. Today JSC "Kaliningrad Amber Plant" is the only enterprise in the world where industrial amber mining is carried out. Mining is carried out on the coast of the Baltic Sea, near the village of Yantarny (formerly Palmniken), where, according to experts, about 90% of the world's amber-succinite reserves, which is about 50 million years old, are concentrated. Resource base The main profile is mining and industrial processing of 65% of amber supplied to the world market; Amber reserves - 116'000 tons (according to the reserves approved by the State Committee for reserves at the Primorskoye and Palmnikenskoye deposits); The depth of the roof of the amber-bearing layer is 55 m, the thickness is 5.5 m at Primorskoe; 3-10 m, 5 m thick - at Palmnikenskoe; Approved annual production plan - from 250 to 350 tons (according to the project of technical re-equipment of open pit No. 1 of the Kaliningrad Amber Combine, design capacity is 450 tons per year); The enterprise has the following structural units: -100% subsidiary of JSC Yantarny Yuvelirprom; -Separate subdivision (hereinafter - OP) in the village of Malysheva, Sverdlovsk region. To the begining Newsletter Subscription | Sitemap | Confidentiality © Kaliningrad Amber Plant, 2011-2013 All rights reserved. Full or partial copying of materials is prohibited.