The Group's Iron Ore Division is one of the world's largest iron ore exporters by volume.

The division's operating company, SSGPO, is one of the largest companies in Kazakhstan and employs approximately 19,000 people.

SSGPO is a vertically integrated business.  It comprises: primary mining operations that produce iron ore; ancillary mining operations that produce limestone, dolomite and bentonite-clay; an iron ore processing plant; and a power plant that supplies the Division with the majority of its energy needs.

The operations are centred around the town of Rudni, which was established to support the iron ore operations, which in turn is located some 45 kilometres south-west of the city of Kostanai in the north of Kazakhstan.

In May 2008 the Group completed the acquisition of a 50% interest in Bahia Mineracao Limitada ('BML'), a company involved in the development of an iron ore deposit in Brazil.

ENRC's Iron Ore Division produces and sells iron ore concentrate and pellets primarily to steel producers.