In January Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Works produced the 750-millonth ton of iron ore concentrate with the iron content of 69.5%. The first ton was produced in November 1972, when the first stage of the processing factory was commissioned. At that time its capacity was 7.5 million tons of ore per year. The 700-millionth ton…
Lebedinsky GOK is carrying out a major project to reconstruct gas-purification system. Instead of scrubbers the company starts using electric filters. This is considered the most efficient method of gas purification by the company. The first filter was assembled in December 2018. At present another filter is being constructed at the charge preparation site to…
The quarry fleet of Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Works has been expanded with three BelAZs with the improved lifting capacity – 220 tons. This year under the Metalloinvest investment program the GOK has received 6 such trucks. In 2014-2016 Metalloinvest purchased around 300 units of machinery for Lebedinsky and Mikhailovsky GOKs: 232 dumpcars, 11 large…
The British Standards Institution has audited the quality management system of Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Works for compliance with the new version of ISO 9001:2015. As the result of the inspection the BSI experts have confirmed the correspondence of the current system to the standard and granted the ISO 9001:2015 compliance certificate to the company.…
Metalloinvest’s third hot briquetted iron (HBI) production facility, HBI-3 Plant, has won the “Investment Project of the Year” prize at the Russian Mining Excellence Awards 2017; HBI-3 Plant was launched at Lebedinsky GOK in July. The awards ceremony took place at MINEX Russia 2017. Independent experts praised HBI-3 Plant, the largest in Russia and one…
Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Works has produced the 700-millionth ton of iron ore concentrate. The first ton of the concentrate was received in November 1972. At that time the capacity of the works was 7.5 million tons of ore per year. Now its capacities are much higher – to produce 100 million tons of concentrate…
Metalloinvest has put the new hot-briquetted iron complex (HBI-3) into operation at the Lebedinsky Mining and processing Works. Investments totaled $660 million. The HBI-3 capacity is 1.8 million tons per year. When the complex reaches its project capacity, the GOK will be able to produce 4.5 million tons of HBI per year. (Ukrainian metal)
Within the framework of Metalloinvest operational improvements program Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Works is repairing drying drums at the processing factory shop No. 4. Four major improvements have already been done, which improved the drying efficiency with the total annual effect of 26 million rubles. (Ukrainian metal)