Stoilensky, the main resource base for NLMK Group, an international steel company, has begun the mining of quartzites on the southern bank of the Stoilensky deposit. The development of this site and the overall expansion of mining operations will enable a 10% increase in production output year-on-year to 38 million tonnes in 2018 and will cover NLMK Group’s growing needs in iron ore.

Stoilensky, part of NLMK Group, an international steel company with operations in Russia, the European Union and the USA, produced its six-millionth tonne of pellets in the lead up to new year.

NLMK Group, an international steelmaking company with operations in Russia, the USA, and the European Union, has commissioned four more high-pressure grinding roll (HPGR) units, boosting productivity of Stoilensky’s Beneficiation Plant by 0.8 mt of iron ore concentrate to 17.4 mtpa. As a result, Stoilensky has now covered 100% of the Group’s blast furnace needs in iron ore concentrate with a Fe content of over 65%.