Lebedinsky GOK
Lebedinsky GOK (LGOK) is Russia’s largest iron ore production facility (by production volume), according to Rudprom, with an output of approximately 19.8 million tonnes of iron ore concentrate and 8.8 million tonnes of iron ore pellets. In 2010, LGOK produced 20% of sintering ore and concentrate in Russia. LGOK has iron ore reserves of approximately 4.2 billion tonnes according to JORC. The plant is the only Russian producer of high value-added HBI, a direct substitute for ferrous scrap materials, which does not contain impurities, such as nonferrous metals.
LGOK’s HBI operations began in 2001 with the opening of the HYL-III facility with the production capacity of 1.0 million tonnes of HBI per year. In 2007, LGOK completed the construction of HBI plant #2, utilising MIDREX technology, with a production capacity of 1.4 million tonnes of HBI per year. LGOK’s current capacity is 2.4 million tonnes of HBI per year. Due to the growing demand in the CIS, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the company is planning an expansion of HBI production at LGOK.
LGOK’s products:
- Iron ore concentrate
- High-grade iron ore concentrate
- Dried ordinary iron ore concentrate
- Non-fluxed pellets
- Fluxed pellets
- HBI
- Screening of iron ore pellets and HBI fines
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