In June Ukrainian metal companies intend to produce 1.6 million tons of steel, 1.5 million tons of pig iron and 1.4 million tons of rolled metal, provided the situation does not change. According to Ukrmetallurgprom forecast, in May Ukraine has to produce 1.6 million tons of pig iron, 1.8 million tons of steel and 1.6…
Several dozen workers of a Siberian gold mine belonging to gold producer Uzhuralzoloto agreed to end their strike after a promise to increase wages, a Labor Ministry official said on May 18. “A decision to raise coefficients from 0.3 to 0.7 to rippers and to 0.5 to time workers was taken during negotiations with the…
Central Mining and Processing Works, a part of Metinvest, will pay 1.665 billion UAH of dividends for 2016 from 2218.888 million UAH of net profits. The dividends will be paid from June 4 through October 18. Last year CGOK increased net profit 3.2-fold YoY, to 2218.888 million UAH. Its undistributed profit in late 2016 was…
In January-April Ukraine decreased coking coal output by 19.4% YoY, to 2.3 million tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, power-generating coal output went up by 1.1%, to 10.8 million tons. All in all in 4 months Ukraine mined 13.1 million tons of coal, down by 3.2% YoY. As of May 1,…
In January-April Azerbaijan produced 372.1 kg of gold, down by 37.7% YoY. According to the State Statistics Committee, as of May 1 gold stocks reached 3.4 kg. Azerbaijan also produced 109.7 kg of silver, down by 5.7% YoY. As of May 1 silver stocks were 15.9 kg. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March Russia imported 282.8 thousand tons of coated flat rolled metal, up by 9.6% YoY. This is also the highest imports volume for the last 4 years. Galvanized steel accounted for 58% of the imports, polymer-coated rolled metal – for 25.6%, the rest was tin-plate. The main supplier is Kazakhstan (44.3%, up by 60.5%…
In January-March Kazakhstan exported $10.8 billion worth of products, up by 30% YoY. Exports to EAEU countries increased by 39.2%, to $1.2 billion, with $1 billion on behalf of Russia (up by 36% YoY). Exports to Kyrgyzstan increased by 44%, to $97.5 million, to Armenia – 15-fold, to $165 thousand, to Belarus – 7-fold, to…
Gold mining companies of Amur region obtained 6.182 tons of gold in January-April. Ore gold constituted the main share. Only Priisk Solovievsky has started obtaining alluvial gold. “We see a positive dynamics this year. Gold output has increased by 1.2 tons YoY. The growth has been provided by Petropavlovsk state enterprise mines Pokrovsky, Pioneer, Malomyr…
