OREANDA-NEWS. September 15, 2008. Lebedinsky mining and processing plant (a subsidiary of Metalloinvest holding) won the third prize in the contest held by the central administration of the Russian federal customs service. The mill was recognized as a “Leader of international trade”, reported the press-centre of Metalloinvest.

Regular supplies enabled LGOK to strengthen positions at the emerging markets of the Eastern and Western Europe, South-East Asia without loosing the traditional external markets of the Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, China and South Korea. 

The foreign economic activity at the mill started in 1991. In 2007 Lebedinsky GOK demonstrated 32% external turnover increase in comparison to 2006.  The current priority of the mill is expansion of HBI production.