Russia: KTK coal processing to reach 80%

According to the coal industry department of the Kemerovo region, the Kuzbass Fuel Company is repairing two of its processing factories at the Vinogradovsky open-pit mine. The overhaul will see the assembly of more productive equipment, increasing the processing at both factories from 6 million tons of coal per year to 9 million tons. And…

Ukraine: coal export-import in January-October 2016

In January-October Ukraine imported $1169.71 million worth of coal and anthracite, with $129.08 million in October. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied $742.93 million worth of coal, USA – $168.54 million, Australia – $73.34 million, and other countries – $184.87 million. The total weight of coal imported reached 13.1 million tons. At the…

Ukraine: pig iron export-import in January-October 2016

In January-October Ukraine exported 2126.45 thousand tons of steel-making pig iron valued at $451.24 million, up by 24.3% and 5.4% YoY respectively. Pig iron went to USA (33.02%), Turkey (26.95%) and Italy (22.23%). At the same time Ukraine imported 1.62 thousand tons of pig iron worth $549 thousand, down from 3.04 thousand tons valued at…