Privat SiMn plant in Ukraine suffers collapse

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com / Article Link

Privat Group's Zaporozhye plant in Ukraine has suffered a partial collapse in the roof of the building, damaging a meltshop at a time when manganese alloys markets are rallying to multi-year highs in Europe.

The incident is being investigated to determine what caused the collapse in the roof of the building that fell onto the part of the melt shop that produced manganese alloys because the reason is as yet unknown, an industry source said.
Privat had plans to restart silico-manganese production at the damaged Zaporozhye meltshop before the roof collapse, but the company will now mitigate an expected loss of 3,000 tonnes per month of manganese alloys output as a result of the incident by restarting two furnaces on site and another furnace at its Nikopol Ferroalloy plant, the source said.

Privat typically sells its ferro-alloys output to domestic steelmakers in Ukraine and to steel mills and alloys traders...

Recent News

Another 'Bubble Check' for the gold sector

September 08, 2025 / www.canadianminingreport.com

Gold stocks continue to hit new highs

September 08, 2025 / www.canadianminingreport.com

Some mining stocks exposed to Burkina Faso take major hit

September 02, 2025 / www.canadianminingreport.com

Gold stocks again hit new highs

September 02, 2025 / www.canadianminingreport.com

Gold stocks reach new highs on metal price gain

August 25, 2025 / www.canadianminingreport.com
See all >
Share to Youtube Share to Facebook Facebook Share to Linkedin Share to Twitter Twitter Share to Tiktok