Ingulets GOK (Mining and Processing Plant)

Ingulets Mining and Processing Plant (Ingulets GOK) is the largest Ukrainian producer of 64% to 67% Fe concentrate. Ingulets GOK develops Ingulets ferruginous quartzite deposits. The company applies the cyclical flow technology of iron ore mining with the use of automobile & conveyor transport. The company’s iron ore reserves amount to 1.2 billion tons. Ingulets GOK is a part of Metinvest Holding.

Location: Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine
Shareholders: Metinvest Holding
Markets: Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia
Products: Iron ore concentrate

Production capacity

Iron ore mining 1 open pit, 70,000 thousand tons of crude iron ore
Iron ore beneficiation 2 beneficiation plants, 14,500 thousand tons of iron ore concentrate

Staff and wages

Number of employees 4739
Average wage* UAH 258,000 per annum

* per worker before taxes

Charts and tables

Production results, thousand tons

20000150001000050000
2012 13587 kt2012
2013 13567 kt2013
2014 13450 kt2014
2015 11614 kt2015
2016 11464 kt2016
2017 10266 kt2017
2018 10904 kt2018
2019 11143 kt2019
2020 11800 kt2020

Indicative sales structure by products in 2020*

Indicative sales structure by markets in 2020*

* structure of sales volumes, metric tons

Financial performance, $ million

20132014201520162017201820192020
Sales1294.0953.0435.3441.7590.6688778711
EBITDA814.2595.1167.0183.4334.5293309302
EBITDA margin62.9%62.4%38.4%41.5%56.6%42.6%39.7%42.5%
Net income589.182.0 -160.5 -2.7214.718523556
Net income margin45.5%8.6% -36.9% -0.6%36.4%26.88%30.2%7.8%
CAPEX49.943.9 30.2 37.1 76.11009378

Key facts

2017

Metinvest Holding (Central GOK, Northern GOK, Ingulets GOK) planned to buy 50 mining dump trucks from BELAZ by the end of 2020 as part of the equipment renewal program.

2017

Ingulets GOK invested in the purchase of 2 BELAZ dump trucks, a towing truck, a motor grader, 2 excavators, 2 rock drilling machines, and 10 Caterpillar dump trucks.

2017

Ingulets GOK invested in the purchase of 2 BELAZ dump trucks, a towing truck, a motor grader, 2 excavators, 2 rock drilling machines, and 10 Caterpillar dump trucks.

2019

Ingulets GOK announced its intention to produce talc schists from its own waste. Produced schists will be sold without additional processing. In this way the plant intends to ensure the rational use of natural resources, reduce the storage volume of overburden, and clear an area of 2.68 hectares in dumps.

Ingulets GOK invested ₴32 million in the purchase of a new crushing machine for the ore beneficiation plant No. 1. The new crushing machine allows producing ultrafine ore fractions. Its capacity is 1.6 times higher, and energy consumption per ton of ore is 20% lower than that of most crushing machines operating at Ingulets GOK.

Ingulets GOK invested ₴3 million in the modernization of the ore processing plant No. 2. Ingulets GOK commissioned a new single-spiral classifier (it divides by size the already milled products). The replacement of equipment will help stabilize the operation of the shop and increase the quality of iron ore concentrate. Ingulets GOK plans to purchase and put into operation three more identical classifiers until the year end.

Ingulets GOK in 2019 will increase the energy efficiency due to reduction of energy consumption and diesel fuel, as well as the cost of drilling and blasting services. Economic effect will rich about $10 mln pre year.

2020

Ingulets GOK invested $67.4 million in 2020 to modernize production facilities

Data source for sections “Production results”, “Sales structure”, “Financial performance”: GMK Center calculations, based on companies`annual reports and web-sites data, media sources