In 2016 Uralskaya Kuznitsa (Ural Foundry, a part of Mechel) decreased net profits and increased receivables. In 2015 UralKuz received 2.6 billion rubles of net profits, while last year it dropped to 1.9 billion rubles. Sales profits fell to 1 billion rubles from 1.4 billion. The revenue decreased slightly – by 37.7 million rubles (from…
In 2016 the Northeastern manufacturing and geological enterprise (Magadan, a part of the state holding Rosgeologia) finished the second of the three stages of prospecting for gold at the Kim-Tyubelyakh site. The contract, concluded in 2015 and financed by the state, presupposes handing over the final geological report on the site to the customer by…
The Industrial Union of Donbass has enumerated its financial and manufacturing losses (of Alchevsk, Dneporvsky Iron and Steel Works, as well as steel plants in Europe) because of the Donbass railroad blockade from February 13 till March 6. During this period of forced idleness Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works did not produce 128.1 thousand tons…
The regional division of the Independent Miners Union in Chervonograd decided to stop supplying coal from all Lvivugol mines until their demands were fulfilled. The demands were addressed to the Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman, the head of the Ministry of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik and the chairman of the Lviv regional state administration…
In January-February Russian coal exports climbed by 7.5% YoY, to 27.86 million tons, the Ministry of Energy statistics said. In February, Russia exported 13,384,600 tons of coal. Coal production in January-February totaled 65,591,400 tons including 59,557,800 tons supplied. (Portnews/Ukrainian metal)
The energy supply to the town of Avdiivka and the Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works has been resumed. “We have just restored the electricity line in Avdiivka. Reported to the president. Current went to the town and the coke works”, the Donetsk regional military-civilian administration chairman Pavel Zhebrivsky wrote on his Facebook page. As has…