Kryvyi Rih

Kryvyi Rih, one of the world’s mining centers, is a city in central Ukraine. Zaporozhian Cossacks founded it in the 17th century. The city’s population is about 700 thousand people. The city extends for 100 km, paralleling the ore deposits. Iron ore is the main economic mineral in the Basin. Besides iron ore the region is rich in other minerals.

Kryvyi Rih is the centre of Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Basin, the major raw-material base of Ukraine’s metallurgy. It ensures the country’s economic independence and safety. The prospected resources of iron ores make up over 32 billion tons. Kryvyi Rih takes the third place in the world as for iron ore extraction.

At the same time it is a large globally-important metallurgical centre of Europe. The ore reserves make it possible to supply ferrous metallurgy with raw materials. Now it is a powerful industrial complex, which includes mining and metallurgical mills, five concentration plants, twenty large mines and many open pits. The mining complex of Kryvyi Rih provides about 90% of iron ore necessary for manufacturing concentrate and pellets in Ukraine.

The metallurgical works, Kryvorizhstal (now Arcelor Mittal), and now remains one of the largest in the world. More than 95% of high grade ores are produced by open pit mining. The mining of ore is highly mechanized. Up-to-date technique is used here, for example, huge shovels, dump-cars and trucks. A wide range of products includes iron ore concentrate, agglomerate, pellets, pig-iron, steel and ready rolled products.

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1. Kryvyi Rih is a city in …..

2. It was founded in ….

3. The city extends for ….

4. Kryvyi Rih is the centre of ….

5. Kryvyi Rih takes the third place in the world as for ….

6. Kryvyi Rih ensures the country’s economic ….

7. More than 95% of high grade ores are produced by ….

8. Now it is a powerful industrial complex which includes ….

9. The prospected resources of iron ores make up over ….

10. A wide range of products includes ….

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1. Where is Kryvyi Rih situated?

2. When was it founded? Who founded the town?

3. What is the city’s population?

4. What is the main economic mineral in the Basin?

5. What products are produced in the city?

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