On February 15, Sukhaya Balka will hold a remote meeting of its shareholders. The enterprise is one of the major mining enterprises of Ukraine. It mines iron ore and consists of the Yubileynaya mine and the Mine named after Frunze. DCH bought the enterprise from Evraz in 2017. (Ukrainian metal)
On February 9, Sukha Balka commissioned new manufacturing capacities at the Yubileynaya mine. The new block will be in development for 4 months. The new block 28-30+10 is located at the depth of 1420 meters. The reserves are estimated at 125.6 thousand tons. Iron content totals 60.6%. (Ukrainian metal)
Sukhaya Balka intends to replace electric detonators with non-electric ones in order to improve efficiency and safety of explosive works. Electric detonators have a 5% rate of failure. Thus, there could be 800 failed explosions in a year. This results in additional work of demolition workers and tunnellers. Moreover, electric detonators are dangerous. The innovation…
Sukhaya Balka has invested 13 million UAH in the purchase of new mining machinery – 30 mine trolleys and a large-capacity Derui Druk 20 dump truck. The new truck will operate at the Mine named after Frunze. The first batch of mine trolleys has already been received and is operating at the Yubileynaya mine. (Ukrainian…
Sukhaya Balka continues operating under the martial law. At the same time, Dneprovskiy Iron and Steel Works (DMZ) operation has been suspended. Two shifts are organized – the day one (from 8:00 till 18:00) and the night one (from 18:00 till 8:00). The employees receive full salary and taxes are paid. Operation at DMZ has…
Sukhaya Balka reports a new purchase of machinery under an investment program to modernize mining and improve its safety and efficiency. The enterprise has purchased an Epiroc Boomer T1D drilling machine and a Derui mine excavator. Investments exceeded 20 million UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
In January, Sukhaya Balka decreased iron ore output by 5.8% YoY, to 208.23 thousand tons. In December 2021, the enterprise extracted 237.195 thousand tons. Last year, Sukhaya Balka produced 2.697 million tons of ore, up by 5.6%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-May, Sukhaya Balka increased iron ore output by 0.8% YoY, to 1.989 million tons. In May, the enterprise produced 228.4 thousand tons. The capacity of the mine is 3.1 million tons per year. It includes the Yubileynaya Mine and the Mine named after Frunze. (Ukrainian metal)