Luchegorsk Coal Pit intends to start developing new coal sites of the Luchegorsky-2 pit at the Bikinskoye deposits. At present LUR mines some 4.1-4.2 million tons of coal per year. At the same time it its interested in covering all the needs of the power-generating companies of the region in coal and plans to increase…
In January-September the St. Petersburg subsidiary of the First Cargo Company transported 108 thousand tons of ore and non-ferrous concentrates, up by 75% YoY. The subsidiary throughput in this segment increased by a third and reached 178 million ton-km. According to the company statement, the main cargoes are nickel matte, alumina and aluminum ore. Nickel…
The Russian Copper Company has been awarded the “Socially responsible company of the year” at the 11th annual “Russian Mining Award”. In 2016-2017 RMK carried out a number of social projects aimed at developing territories around its enterprises and improving the living standards of the population. The company also finances the construction and repair of…
Raspadskaya miners have yielded 5 million tons of coal since the year started. The symbolical stone with an inscription “5 million tons” was handed to the company management. “5 million tons is a major milestone for the mine. Only a couple of companies reach it in Russia. In 2018 we intend to modernize the 6-33…
The United Metallurgical Company has completed the delivery of large diameter pipes with corrosion-resistant coating and joints to Kazakhstan. The volume of the products shipped exceeded 12 thousand tons. Customers were the largest power-generating companies of the country – Kaztransgaz and Kaztransoil, both parts of the national company KazMunayGaz. OMK delivered 1220 mm diameter pipes…
The state enterprise Mine named after Surgay (Donetsk region) has ordered the Tekhpostavka LLC the delivery of equipment for rock drilling valued at 3.67 million UAH. By the end of the year the company will have supplied a number of cutting tools and holding devices. In June Surgay Mine bought 100 thousand UAH worth of…
In January-September Izhstal sold 320 thousand tons of metal, up by 13% YoY. Steel output increased by 23%, to 235 thousand tons, rolled metal – by 2%, to 263 thousand tons. Output increase is due to the growth of sales of continuous cast billets to Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works, the largest metal wares manufacturer…
In January-July Russia produced 157.19 tons of gold (145.95 tons in 2016), including 126.39 tons of mined gold (117.76 tons), 10.41 tons of accompanying gold (8.46 tons) and 20.39 tons of secondary gold (19.73 tons). Silver output totaled 593.19 tons (581.07 tons), including 268.25 tons of mined silver (291.74 tons), 196.84 tons of accompanying silver…