OJSC Dolomite (russian: ОАО Доломит) forms part of the Russia

metallurgical Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the sc ...

complex, being the only producer of metallurgical dolomite in the

Central Black Earth economic region Central Black Earth Economic Region (russian: Центра́льно-Чернозёмный экономи́ческий райо́н; tr.: ''Tsentralno-Chernozyomny ekonomichesky rayon''), sometimes called Central Chernozem or Central Chernoze ...

. The company mines 55% of the total amount of dolomite produced in Russia and 43% in CIS. It is part of the NLMK Group. The company has explored the

Dankov Dankov (russian: Данко́в) is a town and the administrative center of Dankovsky District in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Don River northwest of Lipetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: It was previously known ...

dolomite field (

Lipetsk Oblast Lipetsk Oblast (russian: Липецкая область, Lipetskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Lipetsk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,173,513. Geography Lipets ...

) since 1932. The product mix includes fluxed and converter dolomite, dolomite flour, crushed rock for construction and road works. The facility is located near to developed transport infrastructure, which is strategically advantageous for its customers. In 2005 the Company production reached 1.9 mln. tonnes. Dolomite is mainly sold in the domestic market. The main customers are

steelmaking Steelmaking is the process of producing steel from iron ore and carbon/or scrap. In steelmaking, impurities such as nitrogen, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur and excess carbon (the most important impurity) are removed from the sourced iron, and all ...

companies; their share is 69% of the total sales volume. NLMK's share in the company's sales structure amounted to 51% in 2005.

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Companies based in Lipetsk Oblast Manufacturing companies of the Soviet Union Metallurgical facilities Non-renewable resource companies established in 1932 NLMK Group {{Russia-company-stub