Russia: Kimkano-Sutarsky GOK iron ore concentrate up in January-September 2017

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…

Kazakhstan: KazZinc output to increase in 2017

This year KazZinc intends to produce 320 thousand tons of zinc. “Our capacity is 295 thousand tons, but we produce 302-305 thousand tons. This year we believe we could produce 320 thousand tons, by slightly adjusting the technology”, the company CEO Alexander Khmelev said. In 2016 KazZinc produced 305.5 thousand tons of zinc, thus this…

Russia: Lermontovsky GOK director replaced

The acting governor of the Primorye region Andrei Tarasenko while visiting the Lermontovsky Mining and Processing Works decided to fire the company director Vladimir Kalinovsky. According to the press-service of the regional authorities, the ex-top manager of the company Yuri Danilov has been appointed the new director. Lermontovsky GOK is one of the two tungsten…