About the facility
Mikhailovsky Mining and Processing Plant (Mikhailovsky GOK) belongs to Metalloinvest company, one of the leaders of Russian mining and smelting industry. The facility owns the largest explored reserves of iron ore in Russia.
Metalloinvest is a flagship global producer of HBI, leading manufacturer and supplier of iron ore and metallized iron products, a regional producer of high-quality steel. Metalloinvest integrates Russian mining and processing plants and steel mills: Lebedinsky GOK, Mikhailovsky GOK, OEMK, Ural Steel, Ural Scrap Company, and other assets providing maintenance and feedstocks to mining and metallurgic facilities.
The main products manufactured at Mikhailovsky GOK are row, dry and blast-furnace magnetite concentrate, dry and raw sintered ore, blast-furnace ore, non-fluxed and fluxed pellets.
To date, the share of Mikhailovsky Mining and Processing Plant in overall Russian output exceeds 17%.
What has been done
In 2015, the induration unit N3 was commissioned, it enabled the plant to become the largest pellet facility in Russia (+ 5 million tonnes per annum).
In 2018, the intake complex was commissioned. The complex was constructed for the concentrate from Lebedinsky GOK (Metalloinvest). Thus, the output of Mikhailovsky GOK was expanded owing to high-quality pellets with iron content equaling 65-67%.
In 2019, the first phase of the fine screening technology was commissioned. The technology applies Derrick equipment. It allowed to improve the quality of iron ore concentrate significantly.
The united integrated system of financial and logistics management on SAP platform was adopted at Mikhailovsky GOK within the Industry 4.0 programme of global transformation and business processes’ efficiency enhancement. A multi-service centre operates on the premises of Metalloinvest.
Investment programmes implemented at Mikhailovsky GOK ensure gradual annual renovation and improvement of equipment, mechanisms and mining machinery.
Plans