Ukraine: UGOK shuts down sinter factory

Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works has stopped sinter manufacture having shut down the blast furnace shop at Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works following repair from late October 2019 till May 2020 and the switch to using iron ore concentrate. The decision to shut down sinter manufacture was taken in September 2020. In February, the company…

Ukraine: UGOK output down in January-February 2020

In January-February, Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works decreased iron ore concentrate manufacture by 8.1% YoY, to 1.917 million tons. The enterprise did not produce sinter. Concentrate output in February totaled 930 thousand tons. In 2019, UGOK produced 12.3 million tons of concentrate, up by 0.1% YoY, and 945.8 thousand tons of sinter, down by 45.8%.…