Three people were killed as a methane blast rocked the Zapolyarny copper and nickel mine of Norilsk Nickel, the company said in a statement on July 7 citing preliminary data. “According to preliminary data, vapors of methane exploded during construction works. Preliminary data show that three workers died at the site of the blast and…
Rosterminalugol JSC throughput in January-June grew by 43% YoY, to 11.3 million tons. In June the terminal exported 2.2 million tons. In 2016, throughput of Rosterminalugol grew by 3.4% YoY, to a record high result of 18 million tons (over 60% of coal transshipment in the ports of Russia’s Baltic Basin). In 2016, Managing Port…
In January-June Neva-Metal CJSC (stevedoring company of Severstal) handled about 1.6 million tons of cargo, which is close to the result of January-June, the company said. In the reporting period, the company’s container throughput totaled about 48,000 TEUs. CJSC Neva-Metal is a part of a transport division of Severstal Russian Steel of Severstal Group. Neva-Metal…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has created an interagency working group to tackle the crisis situation in coal industry. Resolution No. 450 dated June 21 has been posted on the government’s website. The deputy prime minister of Ukraine has been appointed head of the group and the energy and coal industry minister is his deputy. (Interfax-Ukraine/Ukrainian…
The auction to prospect, develop and mine gold at Kedrovskiy site in Khakasia failed, as there was only one offer – from ZapSibNK LLC. The starting price of the site with the reserves of 77 tons was 60.946. The license would have been granted for 25 years. (Ukrainian metal)
In June Russian metal companies shipped 1.15 million tons of metal to the local market via railroad, down by 7% MoM and by 0.8% YoY. In May deliveries increased by 6.9% MoM and by 0.7% YoY. In January-June railroad deliveries of metal totaled 6.87 million tons, up by 2% YoY and by 0.7% from the…
The Good Price Appraisal Company has evaluated the assets of Guryevsk Iron and Steel Works (Kemerovo region). According to the company, GMK assets are valued at 822.66 million rubles. The works is in the bankruptcy proceedings, and the court hearings are scheduled for November 14. The real estate of the works is estimated at 6.47…
The repair of the copper furnace at Kyshtym Electrolytic Copper Plant has been finished in advance. The annual repair was expected to last for 112 hours, but was finished 6 hours earlier. The 64 employees of the company in three shifts removed 300 tons of refractories and then assembled 300 tons of new brickwork. (Ukrainian…