In July Ukraine produced 1072 thousand tons of 6% bulk coke, up by 16.4% MoM, or by 151 thousand tons. In January-July coke output went up by 20.5% YoY, or by 1286 thousand tons, to 7568 thousand tons. In June Ukraine produced 921 thousand tons of coke, down by 18.6% MoM, or by 210 thousand…
In January-June Rusal net profit dropped by 70.3% YoY, to $261 million from $879 million. According to the company statement, its EBITDA decreased 2 times YoY, to $656 million from $1.28 billion. The company revenues dropped by 18% YoY, to $3.89 billion from $4.75 billion. As of June 30, Rusal net debt stood at $8.32…
Zaporizhstal has reported shortages of limestone due to the problems with railroad transportation in Donetsk region. “The unsolved problems with railroad transportation from the uncontrolled territories of Donetsk region affect Zaporizhstal. We have been using only Ukraine-produced limestone. But now due to difficulties with delivery of this raw material from our major supplier – Komsomolskoye…
As of August 16, importers of pipes to Ukraine have used 87.04% of the annual quota for the supply of steel seamless casing pipes with up to 406.4 mm diameter. According to the Ministry of economical development and trade, the quota from October 1, 2015 till September 30, 2016 is 19505 tons. As of August…
In January-June Metalloinvest received $428 million of net profits, down by 17.2% YoY. According to the company statement, its revenues dropped by 20.8% YoY, to $1931 million. EBITDA decreased by 38.9%, to $533 million. Net debts remained on the December 31, 2015 level at $3851 million. The company believes the drop in its finances has…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts in September average iron ore raw materials price (Australian Fe 62% ore at CFR China) will fall by 6.8% MoM, or by $4 per ton, to $55 per ton. “In August the price totaled $59 per ton. We believe in September it will fall to $55 per ton and lower”,…
In January-June Mezhdurechensky Mining and Processing Works and Valki-Ilmenit, both parts of Group DF and situated in Zhitomir region, produced 94 thousand tons of ilmenite concentrate. “Output depends solely on the ilmenite buyers demand and contracts concluded. There is a slight decrease in mining YoY. But we are interested to mine only what we need,…
The Russian Natural Resource and Environment Ministry plans to solve all disagreements on the sales terms of the Sukhoi Log gold deposit with the Federal Antimonopoly Service in September, Minister Sergei Donskoi said. “We had a meeting in the White House, there are still disagreements with the Federal Antimonopoly Service. But on the other hand,…