OREANDA-NEWS. July 16, 2008. Dokuchayevsk Flux and Dolomite Plant and Novotroitskoye Ore Mining operating under Metinvest Group umbrella adopted an enterprise management system based on industrial solution for ore mining companies SAP for Mining, reported the press-centre of SCM.

The project was launched on 1 January, 2008. The following functional areas were introduced within the framework of SAP at DFDK and Novotroitskoye Ore Mining: management of finance, management of accounting and controlling, management of material flows, sales management, production management, budget management, and investment management.

As a result of the project, major business processes at DFDK and Novotroitskoye Ore Mining were integrated in compliance with the global practices of mining business management. The enterprises copied settings of the system and connection of users to integrated system that were applied before at SevGOK and Central GOK (Krivoy Rog).

The project was implemented by SAP Competence Control certified by SAP Competence center. A SAP certificate entitles Competence Control specialists to implement and maintain systems at enterprises of Metinvest Group. An operation team of the leading specialists of DFDK and Novotroitskoye Ore Mining took part in the project implementation process.

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Dokuchayevsk Flux and Dolomite Plant is one of the biggest mining and enrichment integrated plants in Ukraine. It specializes in mining and processing of flux limestone and dolomite. The plant is the biggest producer of burned furnace dolomite and the only facility in Ukraine that makes powder for converter refractories.

Annual production capacity of the plant totals 9,2 million tonnes of raw materials and 7,65 million tonnes of finished products. Dokuchayevsk Flux and Dolomite Plant belongs to Iron Ore Division of Metinvest Group.

Novotroizkoe Ore Mining is a big enterprise that produces and processes metallurgical limestone and dolomite for metal, refractory, glass, and sugar industry. The enterprise can mine over 4 million tonnes of raw materials and produce over 2,7 million tonnes of finished products.

Dokuchayevsk Flux and Dolomite Plant and Novotroizkoe Ore Mining belong to Iron Ore Division of Metinvest Group.

Metinvest Group is the regional leader in mining and metals sector and one of the key players at world’s iron and steel market. Metinvest Group companies produce 10,5 million tonnes of steel and more than 40 million tonnes of iron ore raw materials annually. Metinvest not only satisfies its own raw material needs but is also a key supplier for many other Ukrainian and European companies, as well as Asian businesses.

Metinvest Holding,  is the managing company of Metinvest Group. The owners of the OOO METINVEST HOLDING are Metinvest B.V. (Netherlands) with 51,15% and ZAO SCM with (48,85%).