OREANDA-NEWS. On July 04, 2008 The Plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Central Federal District Georgiy S. Poltavchenko highly estimated the contribution of Lebedinsky GOK (a subsidiary of  Metalloinvest Holding) to the socio-economic development of the Belgorod region during his visit held on July the 4th 2008, reported the press-centre of Metalloinvest.

The guests of Lebedinsky GOK were told about the enterprise’s industrial profile, development prospects and new types of production. A particular attention was paid to the putting into operation of the second module of the hot briquetted iron plant with a design capacity of 1,4 mtpy .

"Belgorod region is one of the key economical players in our  region . The contribution of Lebedinsky GOK to the region’s economic prosperity is crucial. Implementation of innovations and use of modern technologies generate  growth of the production’s added value and hence – the  increase of the enterprise’s contribution to the regional budget, which, as a result, will benefit  for the citizens of the region", Mr. Poltavchenko mentioned.

Today Lebedinsky GOK is a unique producer of HBI in Europe and the CIS. The enterprise’s strategic goal is to increase the production of iron ore concentrate to 22 mtpy  by 2008.