Ormet has completed the main construction works at the underground mine Djusinsky. In early December the main ventilation machinery will start operating to provide fresh air to the mine. After that the company will have to assemble electricity network and commission all the objects constructed. This will be done roughly in a month and a…
In January-September Berezitovy Mine LLC, a part of Nordgold, yielded 2407 kg of gold, up by 32% YoY. In particular, in Q1 the company produced 833 kg of gold, in Q2 – 459 kg, in Q3 – 765 kg, up by 41% YoY. The increase is explained by the growth of gold content in ore…
Severstal has finished the scheduled capital repairs for 2017 at its two Kolpino city enterprises: Izhorsky Pipe Works and Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works (sheet-rolling shop). The modernization has been designed by the Severstal Russian Steel enterprise – VNIIMETMASH. The repairs will improve the technical characteristics of machinery and its wear resistance. (Ukrainian metal)
Volzhsky Pipe Works has finished the scheduled modernization of the main sites at the pipe-rolling shop No. 3, which produces hot-deformed seamless pipes for oil and gas industry. In particular, the sites of the pipe hot-rolling and casing pipes treatment have been modernized. The works have considerably improved the operating characteristics of the shop machinery.…
Mining Service has purchased a Hitachi excavator to comply with the output program of the Vasilyevsky mine. The new excavator is expected to dig some 200 thousand cubic meters of rock each month, with the possible increase to 250 thousand cubic meters. Vasilyevsky mine is the gold-extracting company in Krasnoyarsk region. Its current output is…
In 2018-2020 Norilsk Nickel intends to produce 210-215 thousand tons of nickel of its own raw materials each year. According to the company statement, copper output is expected to total 400-420 thousand tons. Palladium and platinum production might reach 100-105 tons. Nornickel keeps the forecast for 2017 output at 206-211 thousand tons of nickel, 377-387…
Metinvest, a mining and metallurgical group, has repaid $56.7 million on new eurobonds with maturity on December 31, 2021, the group said on the website of the Irish Stock Exchange. According to the report, this amount consists of $26.445 million interest income for the period from August 18 to November 18, $20.138 million of the…
