According to the Independent miners union of Ukraine, the state owes 890 million UAH to miners, or $33.4 million. Earlier the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik claimed the debt was 355 million UAH ($13.3 million). “This is not true, as some state-run coal companies still have December 2015 salary debts. According to…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih is updating its converter No. 6, having installed the slag control manipulator. The new equipment will decrease manufacturing expenses and improve steel quality. The manipulator was supplied by Monocon. The same equipment has already been assembled at converter No. 5. After it was put into operation the slag layer in the steel…
Ilyich-Stal, a part of Metinvest, has sold 29.837 thousand shares or 99.45% of Ilyichevskoye insurance company. The company had 10 deals of 2730 shares each and one deal with 2537 shares. Ilyichevskoye has been working on the insurance market of Ukraine since 2005. It has 30 licenses. In H1 the company increased payment received by…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry has developed a program that presupposes the reforming of the state coal industry until 2020 valued at 25.28 billion UAH. Of this sum 10.57 billion UAH will be provided from the state budget. Direct investments to cover differences between the prime cost of coal and sale price at…
The state enterprise Vostochny Mining and Processing Works has ordered Temp LLC transportation of uranium ore valued at 5.78 million UAH. By December the company will have to transport 45 thousand tons of uranium ore from Novokonstatninovskaya mine to Ingulskaya mine (around 55 km). Temp has been monopolizing VostGOK transportation tenders since September 2011 –…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry acknowledges the debt of 355 million UAH to the state miners. “Today the salary debt amounts to 355 million UAH, that’s slightly more than the monthly salary fund”, said the ministry head Igor Nasalik. In August around 400 million UAH was spent on clearing salary debts, he added.…
In January-June Russia produced 12.74 tons of platinum, down by 7.6% YoY. Palladium output dropped by 1.1%, to 42.34 tons. In particular, Nornickel produced 10.35 tons of platinum and 41.36 tons of palladium, down both by 2% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June the United Mining and Chemical Company produced 137.12 thousand tons of ilmenite, up by 2% YoY. According to the company CEO Alexander Gladushko, such a small increase can be explained by the crisis on the world market of titanium-containing raw materials. “The demand for the raw materials in the world is still low,…