In 2016 Russia received 940 thousand tons of anthracite and 95 thousand tons of other coal from occupied territories of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. These are only the volumes that have been officially included in the Russian Railroads statistics. In 2015 Russia illegally took some 1.3 million tons of anthracite from the occupied territories. Donbass…
In January-April the Nizhniy Novgorod subsidiary of the First Cargo Company (PGK) transported 162 thousand tons of ferrous scrap via the Gorkovskaya railroad, up by 9% YoY. “The positive dynamics is connected with the increase in transportation of NLMK and Severstal products, the railroad discount on local scrap deliveries, as well as the development of…
In January-April gold-extracting factory of Yubileyniy Mining and Processing Works, a part of Amur Zoloto, processed 28592 tons of ore and produced 364.2 kg of gold and 278.6 kg of silver. Perevalniy GOK mined 28513 tons of ore, transporting 27929 tons to Yubileiniy GOK. The construction of a processing factory is underway. All in all…
In April UGK Group purchases Schelkovsky Secondary Precious Metals Works, a major Russian precious metals processing works. The works is engaged in refining of Dore alloy and processing precious metals-containing secondary raw materials. The works has the London Good Delivery certificate. At present the machinery and equipment are being modernized. After that the works will…
As of May 6, all the 10 dredgers of the Solovievsky mine have started operating. The largest alluvial gold site in Amur region is in Tyndinsk and Skovorodinsk districts. In January-April the enterprise yielded 392 kg of alluvial and ore gold. The first dredger started operating on March 28. Taking into account weather conditions, so…
Rails produced by Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has demonstrated high strength during the tests at the Russian scientific and research institute of railroad transport. ChMK products have withstood the loading of 750 million ton-km. The rails have been tested since 2014. ChMK started producing new rails in 2013 having put a rail-beam mill into…
In January-April Ukraine produced 3.326 million tons of 6% moisture metallurgical coke, down by 25.2% YoY. According to Ukrkoks, in April 744 thousand tons of coke were produced, and 773 thousand tons in March. Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works started increasing output thanks to batteries No. 7 and 9 put into operation. So in May…
Belarus’ investment climate is comfortable for business, director of the Belarusian-Danish company BuySteel Yuri Firko said as he attended the Gomel Economic Forum. An investment agreement to set up a manufacturing facility in Mozyr District with the participation of the Belarusian-Danish BuySteel was signed during the plenary session of the forum on May 19. The…
