OREANDA-NEWS. May 19, 2010. In April 2010 JSC Central Mining and Processing Works (CGOK) increased concentrate production volume by 42.1% up to 513 thous.t vs. April 2009, pellets production volume for the same period increased by 45.4% up to 152 thous.t.

In January-April 2010 CGOK increased concentrate production volume by 43.2% up to 1 936.7 thous.t vs. January-April 2009. For the same period pellets production slightly increased by 0.4% up to 687.8 thous.t.

In 2009 CGOK produced 5.006 mln. t of concentrate, for the same period pellets production comprised 2.225 mln. t.

CGOK’s Production Performance

 

April 2010, thous.t

April 2009, thous.t

April 2010 / april 2009, %

March 2010, thous.t

January-april 2010, thous.t

January-april 2010 / january-april 2009, %

Concentrate

513

361

142,1

522

1 936,7

143,2

Pellets

152

104,5

145,4

145,5

687,8

100,4

JSC Central Mining and Processing Works (CGOK) is the only enterprise in Ukraine, which operates both open cast and underground ore mining methods, and utilizes beneficiation refuse in the production process. CGOK focuses on mining, processing and production of raw materials for metallurgical industry, such as pellets and iron ore concentrate. Annual production capacity of the enterprise is currently over 5.9 mln. t of iron ore concentrate and over 2.2 mln. t of pellets. CGOK is part of METINVEST Group Iron Ore Division.