Coal imports from Russia in Q1 reached 221 thousand tons from the total volume of 413 thousand tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, from the South African Republic Ukrainian thermal power plants received 72.9 thousand tons of coal, and from Poland – 118.9 thousand tons. Coal stocks increased by 5.2% MoM…
In January-March Irkutsk region mined 2220 kg of ore gold, down by 17% YoY, or by 444 kg. At present gold is mined by Druza, Pervenets, a part of Polyus, and Vysochaishiy. In particular, Druza mined 150.3 kg of gold, down by 5% YoY, Pervenets – 1267.9 kg, down by 1.6% YoY, and Vysochaishiy –…
According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, in January-March Russia produced 898 thousand tons of metal structures, up by 15.5% YoY. In March metal structures output increased by 11% MoM and by 6.7% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2017 Krasnoyarsk Krai intends to produce 57.7 tons of gold, down by 8.1% YoY. According to the regional ministry of industry, energy and trade, nickel output would grow by 7.3% YoY, to 180 thousand tons. Last year the region yielded 62.8 tons of gold, up by 21.5% YoY, and 167.7 thousand tons of nickel.…
According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, in January-March Russia produced 14.6 million tons of rolled metal, up by 2.5% YoY. Pig iron manufacture dropped by 1.1%, to 13 million tons, while that of pipes increased by 10%, to 1.5 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works, a part of Mechel, has completed the repair of its sintering machine. In 7 days the company specialists have repaired all the equipment of the machine. Thanks to the replacement of filters the pollution from the machine decreased. The ChMK sintering factory operates 4 sintering machines with the total capacity…
In January-March Altai-Koks, a part of NLMK, produced 1.03 million tons of coke, up by 16% YoY. The company capacities were 95% loaded. On Russian market Altai-Koks sold 88% of its coke, with 80% – inside the NLMK group. The rest was exported to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Germany, Belgium and Finland. (Ukrainian metal)
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works, a part of Industrial Union of Donbass, is expecting the return of VAT at the volume of 1.2 billion UAH by April 28, which will allow putting the company back into operation by May. “On April 13, our economists checked the VAT reimbursement volumes with the regional department of the…