southern mining and processing plant (JSC "YuGOK") in December 2019 to increase the volume of production of iron ore concentrate to 965,1 thousand tons. Compared to November 2019, this figure increased by 1.6%. At the same time, compared to December 2018, the total concentrate production decreased by 2.1%. The agglomerate according to the company, in December was not made.
In January-December 2019 the southern GOK increased its concentrate production by 0.1% – up to 12 260,36 thousand tons compared to the same period in 2018.
southern mining and processing plant is the first – born among mining and processing enterprises of Krivbass. Becoming the first company in Krivoy Rog iron ore basin, specializing in the production and processing of ferrous magnetite quartzites with obtaining iron ore concentrate and blast furnace sinter, YuGOK and today remains the flagship of the mining industry of Ukraine.
the Raw material base of the mill are Skelevatsk quartzite field, which is located in the Central part of Krivoy Rog iron ore basin. The production capacity is 29 million tons of crude ore, 11 million tonnes of concentrate, 2 million tons of agglomerate.
the YuGOK controlled by the group "Metinvest" Rinat Akhmetov and Vadim Novinsky, formerly also a company Lanebrook Ltd. (majority shareholder of Evraz Group, the major shareholder Roman Abramovich), which in late 2007 acquired 50% of YuGOK shares of the group "Privat".
