MECHEL PAO The first 4,000-tonne batch of ore was shipped from the Amur-Yakutia Mainline's Tit station to Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant, also part of Mechel Group.
By this year's end, Mechel plans to mine approximately 900,000 tonnes of high-quality ore at the Sivaglinsky deposit. Starting in 2024, mining is due to reach 1,25 million tonnes of blast-furnace and sinter ore annually.
The Sivarglinsky deposit's operator is Yakut Ore Company OOO, which is part of Mechel Group's mining division. The deposit development project is part of Southern Yakutia advance development zone. Mechel will invest 2.1 billion rubles in developing the deposit, creating over 450 new jobs.
"This shipment of the first batch of iron ore marks the beginning of the Sivaglinsky deposit's commercial operation, and the deposit's development is a greenfield project for us. This is a great and significant event for Yakutia and Russia's entire mining and metallurgical complex. Our country's steelmakers, primarily Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant, will be this ore's key consumers. The freight train of 56 wagons laden with blast-furnace ore that does not need processing is already on its way to Chelyabinsk. In about three weeks this ore will be used in pig iron production," Mechel PAO's Chief Executive Officer Oleg Korzhov commented.
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The Sivaglinsky iron ore deposit is located 135 kilometers north of Neryungri and 9 kilometers away from the Amur-Yakutia Mainline that is linked to the Baikal-Amur Mainline and the Trans-Siberian Railway. The Sivaglinsky deposit is 2.2 square kilometers in size. Its open-pit reserves are estimated at approximately 21 million tonnes of ore with iron content of 48.6-53.3%.
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Ekaterina Videman
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ekaterina.videman@mechel.com
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Mechel is an international mining and steel company. Mechel unites producers of coal, iron ore concentrate, steel, rolled products, ferroalloys, heat and electric power. All of its enterprises work in a single production chain, from raw materials to high value-added products.
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