In August prices of industrial products increased by 0.4% MoM and by 23.6% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, iron ore prices increased by 6.6%, coal by 6%, in metal manufacture by 2.8%. At the same time coke prices dropped by 1.5%. (Ukrainian metal)
Russian coal exports in January-August increased by 7.8% YoY, to 122.456 million tons, the Ministry of Energy of Russia statistics showed. In August, the commodity exports totaled 15,605,000 tons. Coal mining in the eight-month period reached 264,301,000 tons, with 230,404,000 tons supplied. (PortNews/Ukrainian metal)
Sudan has called on companies and investors from Russia to help its mining industry to develop, Mining Minister Hashim Ali Salim said. “Sudan has discovered reserves of 35 metals, but it produces only 13. We call on all companies to invest in other metals and in production and processing of them. The doors are open…
Kazatomprom National Atomic Company JSC and Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC, UAE) have inked a Memorandum of Understanding in Astana. The aim of the memorandum is to establish mutually beneficial cooperation between Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates in terms of peaceful atom and energy industry. In addition, the memorandum reflects the intentions to supply…
The government of Kyrgyzstan and Centerra signed a new agreement on Kumtor. The document was signed by the Prime Minister Sapar Isakov and Chief Executive Officer Scott Perry. As Scott Perry noted during the ceremony, taking into account that Kyrgyzstan was in fact the largest shareholder of Centerra, the agreement was of great importance. He…
In August direct supplies of rolled steel to housing-construction and ferroconcrete structures manufacturing companies totaled 19.2 thousand tons, up by 2.9% MoM, but down by 15.2% YoY. According to the railroad statistics, in July the indexes were +5.2% and –30% respectively, and in June –37.2% and –3.4%. In January-August construction companies received 180 thousand tons…
In January-August Ukraine exported 25.78 million tons of iron ore and concentrate valued at $1.744 billion. According to the State Fiscal Service, this constituted a 6.3% share in the total exports. The largest batches of ore were shipped to China ($496.279 million, or 28.4% of the total exports), Slovakia ($192.498 million, 11%) and Austria ($191.821…
In January-July Kazakhstan mined 144.1 billion tenge worth of ore, up by 57% YoY. Kostanay and Karaganda regions yielded the most – 128.1%, up by 54.7% YoY, or 88.9% of the total volume, and 14 million tenge, up by 78.4%, or 9.7% of the total respectively. ArcelorMittal Temirtau was the largest contributor in both regions.…
