Russia’s United Metallurgical Company (OMK) is seeking to sell or send to Russia the capacities of the Texas-based subsidiary OMK Tube and is in talks with South Korea’s SeAH Steel as a potential investor. The negotiations are not exclusive but other contenders for the asset have not been disclosed. OMK bought Tubular Solutions, a firm…
The Trubodetal Manufacturing Facility (AO Trubodetal, Chelyabinsk, a United Metallurgical Company (OMK) subsidiary) hosted an award presentation ceremony for the winners of the Best Employee competition in honor of Trubodetal’s anniversary. The manufacturing facility’s most successful and effective employees received awards in 24 categories, including worker and engineering occupations as well as for administrative and…
China’s Zhaojin Mining Industry and Zijin Mining Group are taking part in talks to buy up to 25% in Russia’s largest gold producer Polyus for $2 billion. Zhaojin is considering buying the stake jointly with China’s Fosun. A Qatari investor is also interested in buying into Polyus, sources said. Suleiman Kerimov, the majority shareholder of…
In October Ukraine (without the Russia-occupied Crimea and ATO zone) mined 2.7 million tons of coal, up by 0.2% YoY and by 5% MoM. According to the State Service of Statistics, in January-October coal output went up by 4% YoY. In September coal output dropped by 4%. (Ukrainian metal)
In the first half of November Makeevugol coal target mining was fulfilled by 93.3%. The group still has to mine 2920 tons. According to the company statement, its Kirov mine was ahead of all the rest. In particular, Kholodnaya Balka mined 101.2% of the plan, Kalinovskaya-Vostochnaya – 99.8%, mine named after Kirov – 103.7%, Yasinovskaya-Glubokaya…
In January-September DTEK mined 22.3 million tons of coal, up by 4.1% YoY, produced 28.6 billion kW-h of electricity, up by 1.7%, yielded 33.6 billion kW-h of electricity, down by 0.1%, and produced 1.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas, up by 33.1%. “We continue developing our companies and have finished two important projects. Pavlogradskaya…
In October salary debts to state miners, controlled by the Ministry of energy and coal industry, decreased by 20.7%, or by 59957.8 thousand UAH, to 229316.8 thousand UAH. According to the ministry, as of January 1, 2016 salary debts to state enterprises on Ukraine-controlled territories totaled 167199.1 thousand UAH, including 147748.8 thousand UAH to state…
OMK will supply 150 thousand tons of pipes for Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, while Chelyabinsk Pipe Works will supply 80 thousand tons. “By the end of the contract OMK will have supplied over 700 thousand tons of pipes, with ChTPZ supplying some 600 thousand tons”, Ivan Shabalov, Association of the Pipe Manufacturers coordination committee chairman,…
