Products
Mikhailovsky GOK (MGOK) produces:
• Blast-furnace ore
Average iron content = approximately 40%.
• Sintering ore
Average iron content = approximately 52%.
• Ordinary iron ore concentrate
Average iron content = approximately 66%.
Ordinary iron ore concentrate has low levels of sulphur and phosphorus. It is used in iron ore pellets, blast-furnace concentrate, dried concentrate and sinter production.
• Blast-furnace concentrate
A mixture of ordinary iron ore concentrate and sintering ore with an average iron content of approximately 60%.
Due to its low moisture content, the blast-furnace concentrate does not freeze and is used by steel mills for continuous sinter production during the winter.
• High-grade iron ore concentrate
MGOK’s high-grade concentrate is produced on flotation facilities which commenced operation in 2007. All high-grade concentrate is used for fluxed pellets production.
• Dried iron ore concentrate
Average iron content of approximately 66%.
Due to its low moisture content, the dried concentrate does not freeze during the winter and can be used for continuous sinter production during the winter.
• Non-fluxed pellets
Average iron content = 62%
The iron ore pellets are used in blast-furnaces for hot metal production.
• Fluxed pellets
Average iron content = 66%
The pellets have low levels of sulphur and phosphorus.
MGOK's main product categories and its output
|
IRON ORE MINING, thousand tonnes |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
1Q 2011 |
2Q 2011 |
| Crude iron ore |
44,969 |
40,392 |
44,152 |
11,385 |
11,747 |
| High grade iron ore |
2,442 |
1,439 |
1,623 |
415 |
523 |
| Ordinary iron ore |
42,527 |
38,953 |
42,530 |
10,970 |
11,224 |
|
CRUSHING AND SORTING, thousand tonnes |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
1Q 2011 |
2Q 2011 |
| Blast-furnace ore |
534 |
714 |
384 |
92 |
86 |
| Sintering ore |
2,009 |
1,130 |
1,308 |
307 |
428 |
|
BENEFICIATION, thousand tonnes |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
1Q 2011 |
2Q 2011 |
| Ordinary iron ore concentrate |
15,635 |
13,841 |
15,311 |
3,892 |
4,012 |
| Blast-furnace concentrate |
975 |
898 |
750 |
408 |
513 |
| High grade iron ore concentrate |
527 |
1,544 |
2,039 |
578 |
676 |
| Dried iron ore concentrate |
1,426 |
1,647 |
1,180 |
723 |
709 |
|
PELLETISATION, thousand tonnes |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
1Q 2011 |
2Q 2011 |
| Non-fluxed pellets |
8,013 |
7,073 |
7,855 |
1,814 |
1,860 |
| Fluxed pellets |
512 |
1,394 |
1,847 |
525 |
618 |