The state enterprise Gosgeonedra has given the license to the Vostochniy Mining and Processing Works in Kropivnitsky (Kirovograd region) to mine for uranium. “I have met with the miners and promised to help. The authorities reacted to my appeal. On July 17, 3 thousand people went to work”, the Radical party leader Oleg Lyashko reported.…
The employees of the state enterprise Lvivugol have expressed no-confidence to the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik. According to the Independent Miners’ Union chairman Mikhail Volynets, the decision was taken following the systematic non-payment of salary and unfulfilled promises. “As of the Miners’ Day the debts are unlikely to be cleared, thus…
In early June Rosneft and the Pipe Metallurgical Company signed a contract for the delivery of oil pipes, and on July 13 the TMK deputy CEO Vladimir Shmatovich reported its cost – over $3 billion. The contract has been signed for 5.5 years, which will allow TMK to occupy some 40% of the Russian market,…
In September Karabashmed will start replacing converters in its metallurgical shop. The company intends to increase output to 130 thousand tons of raw copper per year and improve environment safety by implementing the gas-purifying system. The converters will be put into operation in the middle of the next year. At present the company operates 3…
In January-June Russian Railroads bought 553.5 thousand tons of rails. All the rails are bought from Russian manufacturers. In particular Evraz supplied 397.1 thousand tons of rails, and Mechel – 156.4 thousand tons. This year Russian Railroads intends to buy around 1 million tons of rails: some 700 thousand tons from Evraz and 330 thousand…
The Belarus Iron and Steel Works section-rolling shop No. 2 has produced 1 million tons of metal since the start of its operations. The event took place on July 16, the Day of the Metallurgists. In H1 2017 the shop sold 256.3 thousand tons of metal valued at $112.4 million, exporting 215.2 thousand tons (84%)…
In January-June the Pipe Metal Company increased sales by 4.1% YoY, to 1.808 million tons. The increase was spurred mostly by the demand growth for seamless pipes, the company said in a statement. Seamless pipes sales increased by 16.9%, to 1.346 million tons. Welded pipes sales dropped by 21%, to 462 thousand tons due to…
By the end of the year Rusal intends to have finished negotiations with the banks on loans to complete construction of Tayshet Aluminum Works. “We’re negotiating with VEB on a rather advanced stage. But there is no word from Rushydro yet. As soon as they say anything, we will draw financing together”, Rusal strategy, business…