MMK-UGOL Completes Central Concentrating Plant Upgrade

On the eve of Miner's Day, a concentrate dewatering unit was put into operation at LLC MMK-UGOL, which is part of the PJSC MMK Group Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), a Metal-Expo regular exhibitor. With this event, the company marked the completion of the technical re-equipment of the Central Processing Plant. Deputy Governor of Kuzbass Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Telegin and representatives of coal companies of the Russian Federation took part in the ceremonial launch of the installation.

The commissioned installation of hyperbarfilters is a new improved technology for dehydration of flotation concentrate. It allows you to improve the parameters that determine the quality and cost of the product manufactured at the concentrating plant - grade “Zh” coal concentrate.

This innovative project became the final part of the program of technical re-equipment of the Central Processing Plant, which lasted for several years. Now the factory is one of the most modern production facilities in Kuzbass. It is equipped with the latest technology, all advanced technologies in this production area have been applied on it. The result of the technical re-equipment of the enterprise was the production of a concentrate in industrial volumes, in quality corresponding to world standards, with an ash content of up to 8.5%.

LLC MMK-UGOL is a large Russian producer of coal and its processed products and is part of the PJSC Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plant group. It is a stable, actively developing company, which mines Zh grade coal and produces Zh grade coal concentrate, one of the most demanded grades on the market.