In early July, the Yuvileina mine of Ukrainian mining company Sukha Balka launched a new mining area. Located at the 1420-meter level of the “Golovnyi” orebody, the area has proven ore reserves of 141,000 mt and an iron grade exceeding 59%. The mine plans to complete extraction within the next four months.
The launch of this new mining area is part of the Yuvileina mine’s ongoing effort to replenish mineable resources this year. Since the beginning of 2026, the mine has brought a total of seven new mining areas into production, with combined ore reserves of 561,000 mt. According to Sukha Balka, the new mining area is equipped with a loading platform, which helps optimize operations and allows raw material to be directly loaded into scraper equipment at the working face, improving the efficiency of subsequent mining organization.
Sukha Balka is located in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, and consists of the Yuvileina and Frunze mines. Yuvileina mine has an annual sinter capacity of about 2.25 million mt, while Frunze mine has an annual capacity of about 1.05 million mt; its commercial ore typically has an iron grade of 56–62%, and since 2018 it has been producing high-quality products with a 64% iron grade. In 2024, Sukha Balka’s raw ore production was 1 million mt, and its commercial ore production was 917,000 mt.
