Corum Group (DTEK Energy) is completing the shipment of a new scraper conveyor for DTEK Energy’s Belozerskaya mine, the company said on Facebook on Wednesday.
“The powerful and high-performance SPC271M conveyor, designed for efficient coal mining and transportation in difficult mining and geological conditions (…), is designed to work with seams with a thickness of 1.65 m,” the statement said.
According to Corum, the new machine, in particular, has drive units equipped with a water cooling system that reduces the risk of overheating, and is also equipped with replaceable drive stars, which makes maintenance affordable and safe.
Corum Group is a leading manufacturer of mining equipment in Ukraine and is part of DTEK Energy, the operating company responsible for coal mining and coal-fired power generation within Rinat Akhmetov’s DTEK holding.
As reported, in 2023, DTEK’s machine builders manufactured and repaired 750 units of mining equipment, including 15 new tunnelling and shearers. We also produced 1.1 million spare parts.
In 2022, 147 units of mining equipment (including 9 shearers) and 456 thousand spare parts and components were produced in the relocation of production facilities (Druzhkovka Machine-Building Plant and partially at Svet Shakhtyora in Kharkiv).
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Metinvest Pokrovskugol, which manages operational and administrative changes at the enterprises of Metinvest’s Pokrovsk Coal Group, intends to purchase a mining harvester from Corum Group, a machine-building company that is part of DTEK Energy.
According to the company, even in the conditions of war, Metinvest Pokrovskugol has an investment program in place, thanks to which the technical capabilities of the enterprise are gradually improving.
“We plan to purchase this year a mining harvester KDK500 produced by Corum Group plant. According to the characteristics, it is capable of “slicing” up to 24 tons of coal per minute. It will start its work at the beginning of the next year and the first task for the combine will be to work the first southern face of block 11,” – stated in the press release.
In addition, it is reported that new longwall and under-floor conveyors of T Machinery company have already been purchased, which will be installed in the sixth longwall of the southern face of Block 11 in the nearest future. The number of Chinese-made SANYI EBZ-260 roadheaders at Pokrovskoye will increase by the end of the year, and it is noted that the first roadheader of this brand has proven itself in production conditions.
The company also expects the return of one of JOY harvesters: now it is being reconditioned at the manufacturing plant in Poland.
In other information, Metinvest Pokrovskugol has used more than 16 thousand cubic meters of concrete and 2 thousand tons of rolled metal, and 34 thousand square meters of roads have been laid in preparation of block 11. Upon completion of construction, two thousand miners will work at the block every day – the final commissioning of the block is planned for 2025.
According to the company’s data, the Pokrovskoye mine has already produced almost 3.5 million tons of coal this year.
During his visit to the enterprise, Metinvest CEO Yuriy Ryzhenkov noted that the results shown by Metinvest Pokrovsk Coal’s teams are worthy of respect.
“It is very important that our employees and soldiers defend the country with weapons in their hands. But no less important are those who hold the economic front, give the country an opportunity to function, to build up its strength. Today, almost every of our defenders has a particle of Pokrovsk coal, because it was used to make the steel, which is on armored vests, on mobile shelters and much more,” – stressed the top manager, quoted by the press service.
“Metinvest created the company Metinvest Pokrovskugol, which manages operational and administrative changes at the enterprises of the Pokrovsk Coal Group (PCG). The company includes, among others, the Pokrovskoye mine department and the Svyato-Varvara coal preparation plant.
Svyato-Varvara coal preparation plant is a premium coal concentrate producer in Ukraine. The production capacity of the plant is about 8 million tons of raw coking coal per year with the ability to process five different classes of coal.
Pokrovskoye (formerly Krasnoarmeyskaya-Zapadnaya No. 1) is Ukraine’s largest coking coal producer.
The main shareholders of Metinvest B.V. are SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart Holding Group (23.76%), which jointly manage the company.
Metinvest Holding LLC is the management company of Metinvest Group.
The machine building company Corum Group (DTEK Energy) has signed the first contract in the Lithuanian market for the supply of spare parts for Lithuanian Railways, Corum’s press service reports. “As part of the 2030 strategy and plans to diversify the product portfolio, Corum Group entered the Lithuanian market, expanding its presence in the EU market. The contract provides for the supply of two sets of 137 items for the manufacture of the body of railway freight cars,” the press release says.
The cost of the contract is not disclosed, shipment of products is planned in the spring of this year. The order will be fulfilled by Corum Druzhkivka Machine Building Plant (Donetsk region).
“The won tender confirms our high expertise in mechanical engineering. This contract opens up a new, extremely demanding market for us. The manufacture of such products also opens up the prospect of working for Corum Group in the Ukrainian market in the direction of supplying components and spare parts for railway transport,” CEO of Corum Group Mykhailo Potapov said.
Corum Group is a leading manufacturer of mining equipment in Ukraine, part of the energy company DTEK Energy. It unites the machine building enterprises Corum Svitlo Shakhtaria, Corum Druzhkivka Machine Building Plant, Corum Shakhtspetsbud and Corum Repair, as well as foreign trading companies and representative offices.
Corum Group (DTEK) has signed the first contract with Turkey’s leading coal mining company Imbat Madencilik for a pilot supply of KD90T 17.5/28 support sections, Corum said in a press release on Friday.
According to the statement, entering new markets is one of the key directions of the company, approved as part of the adopted development strategy until 2030, among which the goals are to arrange the supply of mining equipment to the markets of Turkey and India.
“Due to the mining and geological features, coal mining in Turkey is associated with other dangerous and complex challenges compared to Ukraine. Therefore, in the foreground are occupational safety and modern technological solutions, which is the focus of Corum Group equipment,” the press service said, citing Director of Corum Trading Oleh Nesterenko.
The supports are optimized for the client’s conditions, they will be manufactured by Corum Druzhkivka Machine Plant (Donetsk region), and the shipment is scheduled for this summer.
“Corum experts paid a lot of attention to the issues that arise with our current fleet of powered roof supports from Poland and China, and suggested solutions to the problems. Therefore, we decided to try and test Corum products,” General Manager of Imbat Madencilik Yavuz Burbut said.
The cost of the deal was not disclosed.
Corum Group is a leading manufacturer of mining equipment in Ukraine, unites machine-building assets of DTEK Energy.
Corum Group (DTEK) plans to complete the supply of 400 cast components for powered supports to the largest mining company in Europe Polska Grupa Górnicza SA (PGG) by the end of March this year, Corum wrote on Facebook.
According to the statement, the first batch under the contract, the cost of which was not disclosed, has already been supplied to the customer. Cast components are produced by Corum Svitlo Shakhtaria plant (Kharkiv).
“These components will cover the Polish partner’s need for missing components for the production of powered roof support sections,” the statement said.
Corum recalls that it has been cooperating with PGG since 2018, and three mines of this company (Sośnica, Piast-Ziemowit and Mysłowice-Wesoła) use more than 400 Corum support components.
Corum Group is part of the energy company DTEK Energy and is the largest manufacturer of mining equipment in Ukraine.
The key clients of the company are 14 largest mining holdings, whose assets include 150 mines and open pits.
Corum Group has signed contracts for supply five tunneling machines for Polska Grupa Górnicza (PGG) and Jastrzębska Spółka Węglową (JSW, both based in Poland) for the total amount of PLN 22.8 million (EUR 5.3 million), which the companies will lease for three years.
The press service of Corum told Interfax-Ukraine that the first tunneling machine, intended for JSW, in August will begin operations at the Szczyglowice mine.
A number of modifications have been made to the design of the mass model of the tunneling machines in accordance with the requirements of the customer for maximum adaptation to the conditions of the customer mine. It is equipped with a 150 kW engine and a sector irrigation system for suppressing dust in the face and preventing sparks from working in the face.
“Our tunneling machines have proven themselves at the coal mining enterprises of Poland, working here since 2013. We put the first tunneling machine on the Polish market for JSW, and it has been successfully operated to this day,” the press service of the Corum Group reported, citing CEO Mykhailo Potapov.
The tunneling machine for JSW is supplied with additional equipment, which includes belt conveyor, power train, pumping unit, data transmission system, visualization and monitoring system. Terms of the contract also include comprehensive maintenance of machinery.
Corum intends to deliver another four tunneling machines to the company Polska Grupa Górnicza. One of them for the RUDA mine is scheduled for shipment by the end of September this year, the next three for the Bolesław Śmiały mine between June and September 2019.
Corum Group unites the machine-building assets of the SCM financial and industrial group. In 2017, the company’s share of exports increased to 41%. The key countries of presence are Russia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Vietnam and Estonia.
