In January-September Ukrainian ports handled some 6.3 million tons of coal, up by 65.7% YoY. The main coal-handling terminals are located in the port of Yuzhniy. They handled 4.29 million tons of coal, or 68% of the total volume. All the coal-handling ports demonstrated growth, except for Chernomorsk, which showed a sharp fall to 3…
In 2018 Polymetal intends to invest $15 million in the gold-mining project Kapan in Armenia, which corresponds to its 2017 level of investments. According to the company managing director Vitaly Nesis, Polymetal intends to mine 530 thousand tons of ore at Kapan this year and 650 thousand tons next year. The goal of the company…
The nickel deposits of Voronezh region are estimated at 10% of the whole Russian reserves. According to the professor of natural deposits and subsoil use of Voronezh state university Konstantin Savko, there are no other nickel deposits in Russia with such economically positive indexes. Other deposits are more expensive to operate. “For Voronezh region the…
For the first time in its history Rosterminalugol has shipped coal to Portugal. The Panamax-type Sea Trubite received 77.5 thousand tons of power-generating coal. It took 36 hours to load the vessel. Rosterminalugol is constantly increasing the geography of its sales. At present the company ships coal to over 20 countries. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-September Kamchatka yielded 310 kg of platinum, down by 9% YoY, or by 31 kg. The main miner is still Koryakgeoldobycha. The company is developing two platinum sites. In 9 months they have yielded 294 kg of platinum, down by 11% YoY. Geotekhnologia obtained 16 kg of platinum, up by 60% YoY. This year…
In January-September the only coal-mining company in Kamchatka – Palana-Ugol LLC – mined 18.3 thousand tons of coal, up by 34.6% YoY. According to the company CEO Sergey Spivak, the output directly depends on the need of the regional housing enterprises. “Each year we deliver some 20 thousand tons of coal to housing companies. This…
In Q3 Kimkano-Sutarsky Mining and Processing Works produced 469.9 thousand tons of iron ore concentrate, selling 453.6 thousand tons. In January-September output totaled 1.167 million tons, up 5.5-fold YoY. Sales in 9 months increased 4.8-fold, to 1.152 million tons. According to the company it is working at an 80% capacity. By late 2017 the capacity…
Evraz ZSMK has started producing B500V rebars with the diameter of 12-40 mm for the markets of Poland and the Netherlands. During the test the rebars have been checked by Zetom (Poland) and KIWA (the Netherlands) specialists. Rebars have successfully passed the tests and confirmed their correspondence to PN EN 10080 Stal do zbrojenia betonu…