In January-July Azerbaijan obtained 3605 kg of gold, up 3.2-fold YoY. According to the State Statistics Committee, in July gold output totaled 480.2 kg. In 2016 Azerbaijan obtained 1894.1 kg of gold, down by 15% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-July Chukotka Autonomous District mined 257.68 thousand tons of coal, down by 23% YoY. In particular Beringpromugol mined 130.5 thousand tons of coal at the Fandyushkinskoye Pole deposits. (Ukrainian metal)
Trubodetal, a part of OMK, has passed the certification audit of the quality management system for the correspondence to Gazprom 9001-2012 requirements. The auditors have studied the documents and technological instructions, visited shops and other divisions. The results of the audit confirmed that the Trubodetal QMS corresponded to the Gazprom requirements and improved. (Ukrainian metal)
In August Togliatti Pipe and Section Works increased the range of its round electric-welded pipes with new diameter of 57, 76 and 89 mm and new wall thickness of 3-4 mm. Such pipes are used in construction and manufacture of metal structures, as well as furniture. The company produces pipes according to GOST 13663-86, GOST…
Under the bankruptcy procedure the assets of Armavir Electrometallurgical Works LLC will be sold at an auction. In particular, a site for steel manufacture will be sold. The construction of the works has been carried out by the Industrial Union of Donbass since 2007. Investments were expected to hit 9 billion rubles, but the project…
The Central Mining and Processing Works has purchased two Komatsu bulldozers valued at over 40 million UAH. The new machines have already started operating at the Gleevatsky quarry. According to the company CEO Dmitry Shevchik, investment program for 2017 is 1.3 billion UAH, the largest in the past 5 years. “We invest into modernization of…
Coal mining in January-July decreased by 6.9% YoY, to 21.05 million tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, state mines yielded 2.8 million tons of coal, down by 21.7% YoY. In July Ukraine mined 2.6 million tons of coal, with state mines yielding only 390 thousand tons. DTEK Dobropolyeugol increased output by…
Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL has launched a $23.7 million coke calcination unit with a capacity of 72,000 tons annually at its plant in Irkutsk (IrkAZ), the company said in a statement on August 15. The unit will produce calcined coke, which will be used at the Sayanogorsky Aluminum Plant to make baked anodes. Currently…
