OREANDA-NEWS. On May 31, 2008 Northern Ore Mining and Processing Integrated Plant (SevGOK) and Central Ore Mining and Processing Integrated Plant (CGOK) operating under Metinvest Group umbrella received international certificates from Bureau Veritas confirming that their management systems of occupational health and safety comply with OHSAS 18001, reported the press-centre of SCM.

"Health and safety management is an important part of our work. We strive to find new approaches to this issue that will help our enterprises meet the top global health and safety standards”, said Honorary President of SevGOK and CGOK Aleksandr Vilkul.

"Prompt response to new demands in the area of occupational health and safety demonstrate, first and foremost, an excellent organization of the process of maintaining health and safety standards at plants", said commercial director Bureau Veritas Certification Vitaliy Tsopa.

Bureau Veritas awards international certificate for three years and requires annual audit at plants during this period.

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OHSAS 18001 is focused on Occupational health and safety management and, thus, provides for the principle of continuous improvement ensuring confidence of all stakeholders that the approved occupational health and safety policy will be observed. All OHSAS 18001 regulations can be included into any system of occupational health and safety management system.

Northern Ore Mining and Processing Integrated Plant is one of the biggest mining businesses in Europe with a full cycle of processing raw materials for steel industry: iron-ore concentrate and pellets.

Central Ore Mining and Processing Integrated Plant is Ukraine's only enterprise that applies open-pit and underground methods to mine ore and also recycles enrichment waste. The plant specializes in mining, processing and production of iron ore materials for steel industry – pellets and iron ore concentrate.

Severny GOK and Central GOK operate under SCM Group umbrella.

Metinvest Group is the regional leader in mining and metals sector and one of the key players at world’s iron and steel market. Metinvest Group companies produce 10.5 million tonnes of steel and more than 40 million tonnes of iron ore raw materials annually. Metinvest not only satisfies its own raw material needs but is also a key supplier for many other Ukrainian and European companies, as well as Asian businesses.

Metinvest Holding is the managing company of Metinvest Group. The owners of the METINVEST HOLDING are Metinvest B.V. (Netherlands) with 51,15% and ZAO SCM with 48,85%