Marganets GOK (Mining and Processing Plant)

Marganets Mining and Processing Plant (Marganets GOK) mines manganese ore by open-pit and underground methods (80% to 20%). Its raw material base is represented by the eastern section of Nikopol deposit (253 million tons of reserves).

Manganese concentrate produced by Marganets GOK is sold in the Ukrainian market. Its main buyers are Nikopol and Zaporizhzhia ferroalloy plants.

Location: Marganets, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine
Shareholders: The Privat Group
Markets: Ukraine
Products: Manganese concentrate

Production capacity

Manganese ore mining 5 mines, including 1 mine under construction, and 2 open pits (Basanskyi and Grushevskyi), 7,000 thousand tons
Manganese ore beneficiation Grushevska Benefication Plant, 2,430 thousand tons

Staff and wages

Number of employees 3663
Average wage* UAH 133,000 per annum

* per worker before taxes

Charts and tables

Production results, thousand tons

7006005004003002001000
2012 696 kt2012
2013 441 kt2013
2014 648 kt2014
2015 584 kt2015
2016 512 kt2016
2017 545 kt2017
2018 582 kt2018
2019 523 kt2019
2020 551 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
Sales514385261381145491
EBITDA-1763-294312-615
EBITDA margin -32.1% 14.9% 3.5%- 31.0%10.81%-10.5%16.6%
Net income-2700-34306-119
Net income margin -51.7% 1.1% 0.4%- 22.1%5.24%-21.5%9.8%
CAPEX42323855

Key facts

In November 2016

Marganets GOK extended the special license for the subsoil use until August 2036.

2018

A project for the construction of a manganese ore sludge processing shop was launched. The amount of investment is estimated at $16.5 million.

2020

In 2020, the volume of emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere by the Marganetsky GOK amounted to 230 thousand tons, of which dust – 195 thousand tons, greenhouse gases – 6 thousand tons.

In the structure of the costs of Marganetsky GOK in 2020, 49% were expenses for wages, another 13.3% were expenses for electricity. In 2020, the Marganetsky GOK consumed 86,377 kWh of electricity.

Sources: websites of the companies, media outlets