Alexander Podkorytov, ex-CEO of Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works, a part of Metinvest, has been appointed the CEO of Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine, a part of the Industrial Union of Donbass. On July 7 the new CEO was presented to the employees by one of ISD owners Sergey Taruta and the corporation executive director…
In January-June Amur region obtained 11126 kg of gold, up by 22.6% YoY, including 9269 kg of ore gold and 1857 kg of alluvial gold. In H1 2016 the region yielded 9004 kg of gold, namely 7322 kg of ore and 1682 kg of alluvial gold. The main increase in output is on behalf of…
Karelsky Okatysh has started reconstruction of its dry magnetic separation complex – new machinery with higher capacity will be installed there. The new complex will be situated at the Zapadny quarry of the Korpangskoye deposits. Its project capacity will be 6 million tons of ore per year, up almost 2-fold from the existing machinery. The…
In January-June railroad transportation of non-ferrous metals to and from the seaports decreased by 2.3% YoY, to 1.93 million tons. In particular, according to the Russian Railroads, exports totaled 1.88 million tons, down by 3.8%, and imports – 53.53 thousand tons, up 2.2-fold. Railroad transportation of non-ferrous metals for exports to the port St. Petersburg…
An accident happened at the “Russia” mine of the state enterprise Selidovugol in Donetsk region, resulting in the death of a miner. “Another miner with medium damages has been transported to the Selidov city hospital”, the Donetsk regional military-civilian administration chairman Pavel Zhebrivsky wrote on his Facebook page. According to him the accident happened on…
Ukraine is negotiating deliveries of anthracite coal with XCOAL Energy&Resources. The company mines in West Virginia and Pensilvania, selling coal and anthracite mostly to metal enterprises. The company exports some 16 million tons of coal per year via two of its seaports. In June a delegation from Ukraine visited Pensilvania. There is no large contract…
On July 9 during a regular convoy delivering goods to the Kumtor mine, one of the tanks with fuel drove into the safety bench. Turning over, the tank moved off the technological route and found itself on a narrow canopy site where about 7 tons of diesel fuel had leaked. However, there was no leakage…
The methane blast at the Zapolyarny copper and nickel mine of Norilsk Nickel, which killed four miners, will not hurt production plans of the Polar Division of the company, Sergei Gradyushko, a deputy CEO for labor protection and security of the division, reported. “I think that after all the measures are completed, work will be…