Central Iron Ore Enrichment Works (''CGZK'') specializes in processing and production of raw materials for the

steel 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 Young's modulus, elastic modulus, Yield (engineering), yield strength, Fracture, fracture strength a ...

industry, merchant concentrate with an average Fe content of 65.0% to 68.2% and pellets with an average Fe content of 63.9%. It is the only mine in

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

, that simultaneously uses

open-pit Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique that extracts rock (geology), rock or minerals from the earth. Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially ...

quartzite Quartzite is a hard, non- foliated metamorphic rock that was originally pure quartz sandstone.Essentials of Geology, 3rd Edition, Stephen Marshak, p 182 Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tecton ...

fields and

underground mining Mining is the 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 agricultural processes, or feasibly created artificially in a la ...

Background

Central GZK was established in 1961 in

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. It mines Hleyevatskyi, Petrovskyi and Artyomovskyi open-pit quartzite fields, and from Ordzhonikidze underground mine. Industrial quartzite resources are 51, 146, 159 and 106 million tons respectively. Along with three quarries and mine, the works consist of three plants (crushing, concentrate and pellets), and one auxiliary plant, serving the main production. The company employs nearly 8,500 people. Central GZK is included in the Iron Ore Division of Metinvest Holding LLC, which is a component of the

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group of companies. As of 2011 annual production stood at 14.2 Mtons of raw ore, more than 5.9 Mtons of iron ore concentrate, and over 2.2 Mtonnes of pellets. In 2023, the Central Iron Ore Enrichment Works deservedly entered the Top 200 companies by income for 2022, which indicates its successful activities and significant contribution to the global economy.

Awards

* Diploma of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

References

External links

* {{Metallurgical Industry of Ukraine Metinvest Mining companies of Ukraine Mines in Ukraine Mining companies of the Soviet Union Kryvyi Rih