In 2017 Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant processed 1.28 million tons of ore, down by 9.8% YoY, which corresponded to 72.5 thousand tons of ferronickel, down by 9.3%, or 15.3 thousand tons of nickel, down by 15.6%.
According to the company CEO Oleg Bespalov, the decrease was the result of the capital repairs in H1 2017.
The major among them were the repair of the tubular rotary kiln No. 4 and the ore-smelting furnace No. 1 valued at 57.9 million UAH.
Last year the company received 88.3 million UAH of profit.
This year PFK intends to process 1.575 million tons of ore and produce 72.9 thousand tons of ferronickel and 17.4 thousand tons of nickel. (Ukrainian metal)