Stoylensky Mining and Processing Works has begun assembling vertical mills in the new building of the concentrate enrichment shop. The assembly is scheduled to be completed in March 2020. In order to assemble the mills the company is using an 80-ton crane. The new technique of enrichment will allow the GOK to increase iron content…
3 new generation locomotives have joined the Stoylensky Mining and Processing Works railroad fleet. Their efficiency is 8% higher compared with previous models. The new machines have been purchased under a program to increase ore mining and processing from 37 to 42 million tons per year. All the locomotives have dump-cars with the capacity of…
Stoilensky, a part of NLMK Group, a global steel company, has began construction of a new stage (Stage 3) of its thickening unit, a hydrotechnical facility that dewaters the slurry, and thickens the solids, before transporting them to dedicated tailing pits. The separated water is recycled and returned into the process. This project will enable…
In January-June Stoilensky Mining and Processing Works received two excavators with 12-cubic meter ladles and two drilling rigs. The new machines have been purchased due to the increase in ore output. “By 2021 Stoilensky GOK intends to have reached the ore mining of 42 million tons per year. For this we buy modern and highly…
In January-June Stoylensky Mining and Processing Works produced 8.8 million tons of concentrate, up by 4.2% YoY. 3.6 million tons were spent to produce pellets – 3.7 million tons, up by 3.6%. All the rest was sent to NLMK site in Lipetsk. As of 2018 Stoylenski GOK became the second largest concentrate manufacturer in Russia.…
Stoilensky, a part of NLMK Group, has produced its 15-millionth ton of pellets since the launch of its pelletizing plant. Launched in November 2016, the pelletizing plant has a design capacity of 6 million tons of pellets per year. In 2018, the plant reached the production capacity of 6.7 million tons of pellets (+12% YoY).…
The open-pit mine of Stoilensky, the second largest producer of iron ore concentrate in Russia, has launched a pilot project to implement a personnel-positioning system. The system will improve the safety of open pit mining, as it will enable timely response to emergency situations through monitoring and analyzing the personnel’s actions and equipment operation. The…
Stoylensky Mining and Processing Works has commissioned a new railroad station – Zapadnaya – at its quarry. The station has been moved 100 meters from its old position. The site freed has some 50 million tons of unoxidized iron quartzites. Mining will start in 2021. In order to relocate the station, it was necessary to…