Central mining and processing integrated plant (Centralniy GOK) is the largest iron ore raw materials producing enterprise in Ukraine. The company is the sole iron ore materials producers in the country utilizing open pit and underground mining of ore, it also recycles ore processing wastes.
The company’s specialization is the iron ore mining and production of steelmaking raw materials – iron ore concentrate and pellets.
Centralniy GOK sources iron ore from large deposits of ferruginous quartzite of Hleyevatskiy deposit (ore pit No. 1 with recoverable reserves of 51 Mt), Petrovskiy deposit (ore pit No.2 with recoverable reserves of 146 Mt), Artyomovskiy deposit (ore pit No. 3 with recoverable reserves of 159 Mt) as well as from the iron ore mine n.a. Ordzhonikidze with recoverable reserves of 106 Mt.
The main production facilities of the company consist of (including the mentioned ore pits and the mine) three processing factories: ore crushing factory, ore dressing factory with production capacity of 5.5 mmtpy of iron ore concentrate and pelletizing factory with the annual capacity of 2.2. Mt за pellets.
Centralniy GOK has reached the highest performance level for the last 4 years having increased the volumes of iron ore concentrate production by 40% up to 5.941 Mt in 2007 thus outpacing the mining companies in CIS.
The company employs about 8,500 people.
Historical notice
Centalniy 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 having supplied iron ore to the company since 1985 and has become an integral part of Centralniy GOK in 1999. In 2001 the mining works were stopped and restarted only in 2004.
The designed capacity of the company amounts to 13.5 mmtpy of raw iron ore.
Production capacity
The actual production capacity of Centralniy GOK is 14.2 mmtpy of raw iron ore, over 5.9 mmtpy of iron ore concentrate and more than 2.2 mmtpy of pellets.
