A representative of the Swiss company “Argor-Heraeus SA”, one of the biggest refining companies of the world with which “AzerGold” Closed Joint-Stock Company is working, has visited Azerbaijan. The purpose of the visit was to get more acquainted with the Azerbaijani company’s operations. The Argor representative has been to Chovdar Ore Processing Area located in…
The Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has signed a decree to increase the number of deposits to be given into concession to investors. According to the document, signed on May 30, three more oil deposits have been included in the list. Now the list has 15 objects, including precious metals deposits of Zuberovo in Minsk region.…
Metinvest demands the reimbursement of VAT for 2016 for the works, the control over which was lost in mid-March. According to the group statement, the state debt on VAT reimbursement to the companies on the uncontrolled territories of Donbass stands at $35 million. At the same time, Metinvest claims that in 2016 VAT reimbursement to…
The development of the Amulsar gold deposits is the largest investment project of Armenia. Total investments in the project will reach some $370 million. 570 builders are involved in the construction work, with 280 being locals. The mine will create 700 jobs. The project started in August 2016, while preliminary work began in 2006. The…
ArcelorMittal Temirtau has put into operation 4 new heading machines at its mines. In particular, the machines were sent to the Abaiskaya, Kazakhstanskaya, Shakhtinskaya and Kostenko mines. The total cost of the heading machines exceeded 650 million tenge. This year the company plans to invest even more in the development of all its 8 mines.…
According to the analytical center of the Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in January-March Ukraine received 1 million tons of rolled metal (1.1 million tons with pipes), up by 10.2% YoY. Imports increased by 5.4%, to 0.16 million tons. The share of imports decreased to 16.7% from 17.5% in Q1 2016. The delivery of angles…
Russian gold-mining company Polyus has signed an agreement to sell 10% (12.56 million) shares to the Consortium of investors chaired by Fosun International Ltd. The price of the purchase is $70.6 per share. Within the agreement the company has also provided the Consortium with an option to buy additional 5% of shares at $77.66 per…
Severstal has been selected the supplier of rolled metal till August to Renault-Nissan. The Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works sheet will be used in production of cars. “In 2016 CherMK put into operation a cold-rolling mill, which would improve the quality of the cold-rolled metal and would produce wider sheet”, Severstal Management sales director Evgeniy…