MAXAM
MAXAM in Russia
2012.07.18
Press room - News - MAXAM in Russia
MAXAM accompanies H.M. the King of Spain on his trip to Moscow.
MAXAM (formerly known as the Unión Española de Explosivos) is a Spanish company that operates with the latest technology and finest quality at a global level. MAXAM has production facilities in more than 40 countries, and manufactures and supplies products to major mining markets across the world (over 100 different locations). The company has a turnover of nearly € 1.000M, of which over 85% is generated via our international activities.MAXAM is the European leader, and the world’s second most important company, in the supply of Civil Explosives and Initiation Systems for mining groups, construction companies and infrastructure developers.
In these fields, MAXAM has demonstrated its leadership position by participating in major public works projects, such as the construction of high-speed railway lines over complex landscapes and with extended tunnels stretching across many kilometers (as was the case with the Florence – Bologna line in Italy, and Spain’s Madrid – Valencia and Córdoba – Málaga routes). Likewise, MAXAM has led in the extension of urban subway lines (e.g. Porto, Helsinki), in which the use of explosives products was shown to be the most productive, effective and safe medium by which to execute these major projects. In the field of infrastructure, MAXAM stands out for its work in subaquatic projects (such as the extension of the Panama Canal, the Aswan Dam in Egypt, and the Santos Port in Brazil).
MAXAM is, likewise, the world leader in the production of sport and hunting cartridges. By way of its Defence Business Unit, MAXAM is the European leader in demilitarization processes.
Russian Presence
MAXAM has been present in Russia since 2002, and it currently has six workcentres in the Federation.
- Kostomuksha (Karelia): Manufacture and supply of emulsion explosives for use in mining (rock on the ground). The main client is Severstal, one of the major Russian steel groups.
- Kovdor (Kola Peninsula): Production of emulsion explosives for use in mining (rock on the ground). The main customer is Eurochem, a Russian mining group.
- Moscow: Central headquarters.
- Achinsk . Bologorsk (Krasnoyarsk, Siberia): Manufacture of gel explosives for mining projects (rock on the ground); supplies Rusall, one of the world's leading aluminum producers.
- Eruda, (Krasnoyarsk, Siberia): Manufacture of emulsion explosives for use in mining (down the hole), supplied to the mining company Polyus Gold.
- Chapaevsk (Samara): Production center, assembly center for non-electric detonators through HTIS subsidiary.
STAFF: Nearly 200 employees.
INVESTMENTS: 22 M € in 2003.
MAXAM - www.maxam.net
MAXAM is a service and industrial group that operates on a global scale by developing, manufacturing and commercializing civil explosives and initiation systems for mining, quarries and infrastructures; cartridges, shotgun shells and smokeless powder for hunting and sports use; and products for the defense industry. Likewise, MAXAM is a supplier of key raw materials for nitro chemical activity, generated for the company’s own internal needs as well as for the commercialization to third parties. Finally, as a result of its drive towards innovative, sustainable development, MAXAM offers its clients a wide variety of solutions in the fields of safety and environmental conservation.Founded by Alfred Nobel in 1872, MAXAM celebrates its 140th birthday in 2012 with a yearly turnover of approximately one billion euros and a presence in all of the major mining areas of the world, with production sites in over 40 countries, an active market presence in more than 100 others, and over 6000 employees spread across five continents.
