Vorkutaugol is one of the largest producers of hard coking coal in Russia. Vorkutaugol supplies Severstal Russian Steel with hard coking coal concentrate – the raw material for ferrous metallurgical industry
Ownership:
Severstal holds more than 90% of the share capital of OAO Vorkutaugol
Facilities
Reserves
Reserves and resources 297 million metric tonnes of coal (2008, JORC)
Sites
Vorkutinskaya
Severnaya
Komsomolskaya
Zapolyarnaya
Vorgashorskaya
Yunyaginsky
Results
Indicative annual output
Total raw coal mined – 13.03 million tonnes (2012)
Total production – 8.4 million tonnes (2012)
Production of coking coal concentrate – 5.3 million tonnes (2012)
Products
Vorkutaugol produces
Hard Coking Coal 2ZH
Semi-soft Coking Coal GZHO+ZH
Semi-soft Coking Coal GZHO
Run-of-mine Coking Coal К
Steam Coal GZHO OMSSH (sized)
Steam Coal GZHO PK (sized)
Who buys products
The main consumer of Vorkutaugol’s coking coal is Severstal Russian Steel (Cherepovets, Russia). Also among the consumers are NLMK (Russia), Alchevkoks, Gubahinsky KHZ, Moscow KHZ. Energy stations and cement factories of the region are the consumers of steam coal.
Using of products
Vorkutaugol’s coking coal is the raw material for the production of coke which is the raw material for production of iron. Steam coal is used in energy and chemical industries.
Address
62 Lenin street,
Republic of Komi, Vorkuta,
Russia, 169908 Phone: +7 (82151) 73010 Fax: +7 (82151) 72242 Web site: vorkutaugol.severstal.com (in Russian only)