:''Kryvbas'' ''may also refer to the FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, the football team in Kryvyi Rih. See also Kryvbas (disambiguation)'' Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Basin (; ), commonly known by the

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Kryvbas (; ), is an important economic and historical region stretched between central and southern Ukraine around the city of Kryvyi Rih, specializing in

iron ore Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the f ...

mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ...

steel industry Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon that demonstrates improved mechanical properties compared to the pure form of iron. Due to steel's high elastic modulus, yield strength, fracture strength and low raw material cost, steel is one of the ...

and some

uranium ore Uranium ore deposits are economically recoverable concentrations of uranium within Earth's crust. Uranium is one of the most common Chemical element, elements in Earth's crust, being 40 times more common than silver and 500 times more common than ...

mining in the past 20th century. It is arguably the main iron ore region of

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Geography

Named after the city of Kryvyi Rih, the basin occupies the western part of the

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, as well as some small parts of the neighboring Kirovohrad and

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s, in a valley of

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and Saksahan rivers (both are tributaries of the

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).Pliushch, M., Hruzin, D.V.
Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Basin (КРИВОРІЗЬКИЙ ЗАЛІЗОРУДНИЙ БАСЕЙН)
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2008 It stretches by a narrow strip (2–7 km) from north to south almost for 100 km from the town Zhovti Vody () to latitudes of the

river with total area of 300 sq km.

Facts

Kryvbas is a major center of

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in Ukraine. The region has major deposits of iron ore and some other metallurgical ores. To exploit them, first mining international companies were founded there in the late 19th century, but then were replaced by several larger ones founded in the middle of the 20th century, most of them were located in Kryvyi Rih. The Kryvyi Rih city itself has 45 iron ore mines, 41

quarries A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to manage their safet ...

, 89 stockpiles, 26 collapse and displacement zones in the fields of mines, 15

tailings dam A tailings dam is typically an earth-fill embankment dam used to store byproducts of mining operations after separating the ore from the gangue. Tailings can be liquid, solid, or a slurry of fine particles, and are usually highly toxic and poten ...

s, 27 spelestological objects (opened old adits, drifts, mines, winzes, failed wells, etc.), 6 energy, 5 metallurgical, 28 machine-building and 5 chemical enterprises.
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Modern history

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (former Kryvorizhstal; ) is Ukraine's largest integrated steel company, founded in 1934 and located in Kryvyi Rih, in central Ukraine. The steel plant is one of the most important Ukrainian companies and a globally impor ...

is the largest and most up-to-date steel company in the region, and in the country. It includes ore facilities and a major

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(the only one in the city). Other ore companies supply their raw materials to either ''AMKR'' or steel mills outside the region. With the exception of ''AMKR'', owned by

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, the steel companies of the region are controlled by either Rudomain LLC or Metinvest. These were once state-owned industries. From the 1990s until 2004, after Ukraine declared independence and worked to establish capitalism, these industries went through difficulties and scandals as they became

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. A major beneficiation works Kryvyi Rih Mining and Processing Plant of Oxidized Ores (KRMPPOO) (') was under construction in the early 21st century in the neighboring town of Dolynska (Kirovohrad Oblast). This hi-tech project is co-funded by the governments of Ukraine,

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and

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. In January 2022 it was announced that locally based company Rudomain LLC acquired the Ukraine-owned share in the project.

References

{{Authority control Economy of Ukraine Geography of Kryvyi Rih Geography of Kirovohrad Oblast Iron mining in Ukraine Kryvyi Rih metropolitan area

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