In November the Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works resumed operation of its ball-rolling shop with two mills. According to the company statement, both mills have been idle for a year. A large order, received in October, made it possible to completely load both mills for almost a month, producing 40 and 60 mm balls. In…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa says the zero duty on scrap imports will not greatly affect imports. “There is no country that could supply scrap to us at favorable conditions. The decree weakly affects imports. We didn’t import scrap not because of the duty, but because there was nowhere to import it from”, UPE deputy director…
The Krasnoarmeysk prosecutors have found out that the state enterprise Krasnolimanskaya Coal Company has not been paying pensions for some time. According to the prosecutors, the debt to the Pension fund amounts to 8.3 million UAH. The office filed 2 cases to the Donetsk district administrative court demanding this money to be paid. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-October raw zinc output in Russia increased by 4.4% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, in October raw zinc production went up by 14.2% YoY and by 30.4% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-October output of refined copper dropped by 0.7% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, copper foil output dropped by 13.7%, of wire – by 17%, while that of plates, sheets, strips and bars went up by 5.5%, of rods and sections – by 19.6%, all YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
The government will provide guarantees for 1 billion UAH to finance mines. This will allow clearing salary debts to miners, amounting to 100 million UAH. Some money will be given to the development of mines. For example, Lisichanskugol has drafted a development program, envisaging financing of two mines. In the nearest future 350 million UAH…
The mine named after Stashkov has put a new face into operation. Its reserves are estimated at 460 thousand tons of coal. The average daily output is expected at 2 thousand tons. Miners have enough work until August 2017. DTEK investments into the capital repair of equipment and the long face development exceeded 21.3 million…
In January-September Kazakhstan exported 51.6 thousand tons of steel pipes to Russia, up by 90% YoY, and by 41% compared with the total 2015 volume. Kazakhstan occupies the second position in Russia’s imports after China. 96% of the pipes exported to Russia are up to 406.4 mm diameter pipes for oil and gas pipelines, as…