Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant OJSC is a leading Russian zinc producer. The Company’s production facilities are among the most technologically advanced in the global zinc industry with potential smelter capacity of 200 thousand tones of zinc p.a. CZP is the biggest producer in Russia and CIS of Special High Grade zinc with a zinc content of not less than 99.995%; trade mark CZP SHG (Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant Special High Grade) is registered at the London Metals Exchange. The Company also produces a range of high value-added zinc alloys based on the SHG zinc and other metals, including aluminum, nickel and copper. It also sells by-products of the zinc production process, including cadmium, indium and sulfuric acid.

The production of CZP is used in steel galvanizing, in chemical industry and mechanical engineering.

In June 2007 CZP completed the acquisition of Brock Metal business (Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffordshire), the leading UK supplier of zinc and aluminum die-casting alloys. This acquisition allows CZP to broaden its product range by adding more value-added zinc alloys.