Mining division

Ingulets Iron Ore Enrichment Works (Ingulets GOK) is one of the largest iron ore mining enterprises in Ukraine, specialising in iron ore mining and the production of merchant iron ore concentrate with Fe content of 63.5% and 67.2%.

Ingulets GOK was established in 1965 and was acquired by Metinvest in November 2007. It utilises the most advanced technologies, including floatation beneficiation of iron ore, which is unique within the Ukrainian industry. Ingulets GOK sources iron ore from the deposits of ferruginous quartzite at the Ingulets deposit, which constitutes 937 Mtonnes of mineral resources, including 444 Mtonnes of ore reserves in accordance with the JORC standards as at the end of 2009. Ingulets GOK has an annual iron ore concentrate production capacity of 14.8 Mtonnes. It currently mines iron ore from its one open-pit quartzite field through a process of drilling and blasting, and by the removal of overburden to external dumps. The iron ore is then transported by rail to, and refined at, Ingulets GOK’s beneficiation and flotation facilities.

Metinvest plans to increase production of high quality merchant iron ore concentrate with ‘Fe content’ over 67% up to 6.8 Mtonnes per year through construction of the second magnetic and flotation metal content upgrading facility at Ingulets Iron Ore Enrichment Works. Total value of the project will comprise around UAH 340 mln. with planned commissioning date in October 2011. Capacity of the second magnetic and flotation metal content upgrading facility will be around 3.6 mmtpy of merchant concentrate per year. Ingulets GOK is the only enterprise in Ukraine successfully employing this technology. Currently the enterprise operates the facility with the annual production capacity over 3.2 Mtonnes annually.

The Quality management system introduced at the company is certified by BUREAU VERITAS Certification as conforming to the requirements of ISO 9001-2000 international standard.

Northern Iron Ore Enrichment Works (Northern GOK) is one of the largest iron ore mining enterprises in Europe, producing merchant concentrate with Fe content of 68.4% and pellets with Fe content of 60.5% and 63.5%. 

The annual iron ore concentrate production capacity is 14.5 Mtonnes, including an annual pellet production capacity of 11.8 Mtonnes.

Northern GOK mines iron ore from two open pit quartzite fields, the Annovskyi and the Pervomayskyi deposits, which in total constitute 3,807 Mtonnes of mineral resources, including 713 Mtonnes of ore reserves in accordance with the JORC standards as at the end of 2009.

In 2006, Northern GOK commissioned a new cyclical-and-continuous crushing plant, enabling it to transport iron ore from the Pervomaysky pit to the processing units using cyclical conveyer technology. Implementation of this technology resulted in reduced transportation costs and an increase in the production capacity of the pit.

At the enterprise the Quality management system certified to ISO 9001 is introduced.

Northern GOK started operating in 1963 with mining works in Petrovskiy pit commenced in 1961.

Central Iron Ore Enrichment Works (Central GOK) is the sixth largest iron ore mining enterprise in Ukraine with an annual iron ore concentrate production capacity of 6.0 million tonnes, including an annual pellet production capacity of 2.2 million tonnes.

Its operations produce merchant concentrate with an average Fe content of 65.0% to 68.2% and pellets with an average Fe content of 63.9%. Central GOK sources iron ore from its three open-pit quartzite fields – Hleyevatskyi, Petrovskyi and  Artyomovskyi – and an underground mine (the Ordzhonikidze deposit) which in total constitute 2,689 million tonnes of mineral resources, including 710 Mtonnes of ore reserves in accordance with the JORC standards as at the end of 2009. In 2009, Central GOK’s output was 2.2 million tonnes of pellets and 2.7 Mtonnes of  merchant iron ore concentrate.

At the enterprise the Quality management system certified to ISO 9001 is introduced.

In 2007, in order to improve the quality of its iron ore products at Central GOK, Metinvest pioneered ore refuse tailings recycling technology which involves filtering up to 0.4 million cubic meters of the sludge pit a year in order to produce iron concentrate from the ore refuse. In the same year, Central GOK commenced production of iron ore concentrate with iron content of 65.0% made from recycled ore refuse tailings.

Cental GOK was established in 1961. Iron ore extraction works began in 1957 in Hleyevatskiy ore deposit. Petrovskiy ore pit came on stream in 1977 followed by the start of mining in Artyomovskiy ore pit in 1985. The mine n.a. Ordzhonikidze had been supplying iron ore to the company since 1985 and in 1999 became an integral part of Central GOK.

Komsomolskoye mine administration provides flux and limestone to metallurgical, chemical, food, construction industries and agriculture of Ukraine and CIS countries, over 100 enterprises in total.

Currently the mine administration encompasses three active quarries and to crushing and beneficiation factories. The minerals are mined in Severnyi, Yujnyi, Jegolevskii quarries. Fluxed limestone open pit mining is applied using excavators ЭКГ-5, ЭКГ-8 and ЭКГ-10. The mineral is transported using large dump trucks BelAZ with load capacity of 45 and 110 t. The raw materials are processed in crushing and beneficiation factories CBF-#1 and CBF -#2 using continuous-transfer technology.

Current capacity of the enterprise is 10-12 mln tpa of merchant limestone.

In  2009 based on the outcomes of the audit and assessment of the quality management system, the enterprise products were certified as compliant with  international standards DSTU ISO 9001 – 2001 (ISO 9001:200, IDT).

In 2011 Komsomolskoye mine administration became part of the Mining Division of Metinvest group.

Krasnodon Coal is the second largest coking coal producer in Ukraine.

Krasnodon Coal is a coking coal mining and coal preparation facility located in Krasnodon in the Luhansk region of Ukraine. It ships coking coal primarily to Avdiivka Coke and Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. Krasnodon Coal currently produces coking coal from its underground mines, which it then processes at its two on-site washing plants. In 2009 Krasnodon Coal’s total coking coal output was 5.4 Mtonnes.

Krasnodon Coal started as a group of Sorokino coal mines having yielded the first 110 ktonnes of coking coal in 1914. In 1935 the trust “Sorokinocoal” was established. The trust united 25 coal mines. In 1936 the trust was renamed into “Krasnodon Coal”. In 1940 the company mined 2.44 Mtonnes of coking coal with the length of excavations reached 30 km. During its 93 years history (1914-2007) the company mined about 370 Mtonnes of coal.

United Coal (UCC) is a producer of coking and steam coal located in the central Appalachian region of the United States. United Coal was founded in 2004 and acquired by Metinvest in April 2009.

UCC is ranked among the leading producers of metallurgical coal in the United States, ranking (by public company estimates) sixth among U.S. metallurgical coal producers.
UCC mines metallurgical and steam coal in the states of West Virginia, Virginia, and Kentucky. 

UCC’s proven and probable coal reserves, as defined by U.S. Securities Exchange Commission standards, as of December 31, 2009 totaled 151 million metric tonnes of high quality coking and steam coal, with most of these reserves representing premium grade coking coal. 

Production capacities of UCC’s four operating business units total approximately 9.2 Mtonnes per year. In 2009, United Coal’s output of coking coal and steam coal was 4.2 Mtonnes and 2.8 Mtonnes, respectively.