KZHRK produced 2.65 million tons of iron ore in January-October 2022

Production of sinter ore for 10 months of 2022 decreased by 26.8% y/y

Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Plant (KZHRK) in January-October 2022 reduced the production of iron ore by 26.8% compared to the same period last year – to 2.654 million tons. The corporate enterprise’s newspaper reports about it.

In 10 months of 2022, the Ternivska mine produced 710,000 tons of iron ore, Kozatska – 715,000 tons, Pokrovska – 547,000 tons, and Kryvorizka – 682,000 tons.

In October 2022, the plant produced 150,000 tons of sinter ore, which is 47.4% less than in October 2021, including:

• mine Ternivska – 30 thousand tons;
• Kozatska – 40 thousand tons;
• Pokrovska – 40 thousand tons;
• Kryvorizka – 40 thousand tons.

The structure of the enterprise includes four mines. The balance reserves are 210 million tons of rich iron ores with an average iron content of 58.6%.

As GMK Center reported earlier, KZHRK in 2021 decreased production of iron ore by 12.8% compared to 2020 – to 4.3 million tons.

Also, the pre-war plans of the enterprise for 2022 expected an increase in the production of iron ore with an iron content of 58.94% by 8.6% compared to 2021 – to 4.67 million tons.