In 2018 Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant increased ore processing by 11.8% YoY, to 1.431 million tons. According to the company CEO Oleg Bespalov, this equals to 77 tons of ferronickel, up by 6.2%, or 15.8 thousand tons of raw nickel, up by 3.4%. This year PFK intends to process 1.572 million tons of ore and extract…
In 2018 Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant invested 74.1 million UAH in the repair of its main machinery. In Q1 the company plans to repair the ore-smelting furnace No. 1 (the repair will be carried out in 53 days) and the tube-type rotary kiln No. 1 (50 days). “The repair will result in the decrease of capacity…
In February Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant slightly decreased nickel output because of the repair of the main machinery. “We had a scheduled repair of furnaces in February, so the output dropped. Since early March the furnaces have been put back into operation”, the company said. In March the company will regain its full capacity. The repair…
Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant has suspended the project to create its own railroad cargo cars fleet. The press-service reminded that the main motive behind Solway Investment Group decision to create the fleet was the insufficient number of the rolling stock last winter. “Now the situation has stabilized a bit. There is information, that new cars appeared…
Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant has started assembling the third stage of gas purification for the tubular rotary kilns Nos. 1 and 2. The project started in 2016. So far $1.8 million have been invested, including $600 thousand in 2017 and $1.2 million this year. The project will be completed in 2-3 years. Its total cost is…
Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant has purchased two MAZ trucks with the lifting capacity of 25 tons. The cost of each machine is 2.5 million UAH. They will replace BelAZs with the lifting capacity of 35-40 tons. “We plan to buy 10 new trucks. We’ll see how these 2 trucks prove themselves, and then decide”, the company…
In 2003 Solway Investment Group (Sweden) purchased Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant in Kirovograd region, and since then has invested some $200 million. According to Dan Bronstein, chairman of the board, investments went not only in the manufacture, but also in the educational and cultural spheres of the Pobugskoye town. “Now PFK is one of the most…
In January-June Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant increased ore processing by 6.1% YoY, to 679 thousand tons, or 35.284 thousand tons of ferronickel, down by 2.3%, or 7.5 thousand tons of nickel, down by 2.8%. In H1 the company expects to receive profit of some 2.3 million UAH. The average salary totaled 8038 UAH, up by 29.6%…