Militants of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and supported by Russia, are looking for sales markets for Komsomolskoye Mine Group on the territory of Russia. The terrorists are trying to reorient the once major flux supplier to Russian enterprises. The company employs some 1 thousand people as opposed to around 4…
The Ministry of economic development and trade has announced another competition for the office of the Powder Metallurgy Works (Kiev region) director. According to the ministry, applications are accepted through June 23, the competition will start on July 11, and the results will be available on August 4. On February 1, 2016 the ministry declared…
Production of thermal and coking coal in Ukraine declined by 3.2% YoY in January-April, to 13.069 million tons, according to the Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry’s press service. State-owned mines alone produced 1.673 million tons of coal or 12.8% of the total output over the period under review, while coal production at the state…
Ferrexpo mining company with assets in Ukraine after a one-year break has decided to pay dividends to shareholders at a rate of 3.3 cents per share. According to a company report on the website of the London Stock Exchange, 99.73% of the shareholders voted for the decision to pay dividends at an annual shareholders’ meeting…
After the two weeks of unpaid vocations, in mid-May the Mine named after Zasyadko in the occupied Donetsk resumed operation. Still the main problem – coal sales – has not been solved. The coal is stored at the warehouses. Their capacity is 140 thousand tons, and they already stock 120 thousand tons. The mine yields…
Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, a part of Metinvest, will pay dividends to its shareholders from the profits received in 2016 as well as part of the 2014 profits from May 25 through October 27. According to the shareholders decision, taken at the meeting on April 28, the company will pay 0.35 UAH per ordinary…
In April Ukraine produced 5.9 million tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 5.1% MoM, or by 323.8 thousand tons. In January-April output dropped by 1.5 million tons YoY, to 23.4 million tons. In April delivery to Ukrainian metal works totaled 2.5 million tons, down by 100 thousand tons MoM. Local prices increased by…
The salary of Evraz Sukhaya Balka miners was increased by 20% from May 19. “As the result of the May 10-11 strike with the demand to increase salary, the company decided to increase wages by 20%”, the chairman of the Independent Miners Union Mikhail Volynets wrote on his Facebook page. (Ukrainian metal)