Miners of the Novovolynskaya No. 9 and Buzhanskaya mines have been striking for two days, refusing to go underground. They demand payment of salary for July and August. They also want Alexander Zorin to remain the CEO of the state enterprise Volynugol. According to some sources Andrei Pilipyuk could become a new general director. The…
In January-September DTEK Energo mined 16.9 million tons of coal, up by 10.5% YoY. In September the group mined 1.8 million tons, on the August level. “The DTEK coalmining enterprises operate at full capacity, so that during the heating seasons Ukrainians receive heat and light without failures”, the DTEK Energo mining director Mikhail Barabash declared.…
According to the decision of the Eurasian Economic Commission, the antidumping duty on Ukrainian hot-rolled angles will be 37.89%. The decision will come into effect in 30 days after its official publication, but not earlier than October 11. In May it was decided to impose a preliminary antidumping duty for 4 months (till October). With…
The Nikolayev-based shipyard Smart Maritime Group starts repairing the LS-42 dredger of the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works sinter factory. The work has to be done in 6 months. SMG has long been cooperating with Mariupol Ilyich. In particular, this year the company produced lined barrel mixer with the diameter of 2.8 meters and…
Russian coal exports in January-September increased by 5.4% YoY, to 138.449 million tons, the Ministry of Energy of Russia statistics showed. In September, the commodity exports totaled 15,257,000 tons. Coal mining in the nine-month period reached 299,193,000 tons, with 260,204,800 tons delivered. (PortNews/Ukrainian metal)
Personnel reshuffle took place at Kumtor. The Vice Presidents for finance, procurement, risk management, as well as the manager of the supply department left their offices. Thanks to the recently achieved agreements, significant steps have been taken between the Kyrgyz government and Kumtor Gold Company to achieve transparency and openness of the Kumtor project. The…
Baikal Mining Company has started designing a technical unit of the Udokan ore processing facility at one of the world’s largest copper deposits, it said in a statement on October 3. “Baikal Mining Company and Mekhanobr Engineering have agreed to design a technical complex of the Udokan metallurgic facility. The work is to be finished…
Zaporizhstal has postponed for half a year the construction of the oxygen-converter shop because of the EU duties on hot-rolled metal. According to the company CEO Rostislav Shurma, in 5 year Zaporizhstal invested 8.5 billion UAH into modernization, having assembled gas-purification equipment at all of its 6 sintering machines. The company has been pondering the…