Sukhaya Balka mine (Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk region), which is part of DCH Group of Oleksandr Iaroslavskyi, produced almost 931 thousand tons of commercial ore by the end of 2023, said Vitaly Bash, General Director of DCH Steel of DCH Group, in his address to employees on the eve of the New Year, published in the corporate newspaper of DCH Steel on Thursday.
According to him, for the second year in a row there is a full-scale war in the country, and the company has to overcome wartime difficulties. For example, almost 1,000 employees of the group’s companies are now at the front, so the workforce is under constant strain.
“But despite the numerous crises – energy crisis, water shortage, lack of qualified personnel – DMZ and the Sukhaya Balka mine continue to work. At the mine, 2023 can be called the year of the most frugal use of resources: at the industrial sites we restored the equipment, continued the implementation of the program to modernize the equipment,” – stated the General Director.
At the same time, he reminded that in April the fleet of technological transport was replenished with four new loading and delivery machines with bucket size of 1 cubic meter and 0.6 cubic meter. Renewal of mine skips of the Yubileynaya mine is next in line.
“In September we resumed mining at the mine named after Frunze. Frunze, which was suspended due to constant shelling of the energy infrastructure in November 2022. The coordinated work of employees of all mine divisions contributed to the production of almost 931 thousand tons of commercial ore in 2023,” the CEO said.
The head of the company also said that production activities at DMZ have intensified: starting from spring, production at the coke and chemical site has increased. Rolling shops have been conducting campaigns for the whole year for the production of mine stand, mine rails, channels and angles from toll billets. Much attention was paid to repairs, which were mainly performed by our own forces. Also, the repair departments have successfully mastered the manufacture of parts and some spare parts for the DMZ and colleagues.
“I look forward to an improvement in the situation in the country and the mining and metallurgical industry so that the enterprises can work at full (utilization – IF-U),” Bash said.
In the company to the agency “Interfax-Ukraine” specified the volume of ore production by the mine “Sukhaya Balka” in 2022, as earlier this figure was not made public – 1.469 million tons.
DMZ specializes in the production of steel, pig iron, rolled steel and products from them. On March 1, 2018, DCH Group signed an agreement to purchase Dniprovsky Steel Works from Evraz.
Sukhaya Balka mine is one of the leading mining companies in Ukraine. It extracts iron ore by underground mining. The mine includes the Yubileynaya and Frunze mines. Frunze.
DCH Group acquired the mine from Evraz Group in May 2017.
