Russia: electrometallurgical works to be shut down

The Federal Antimonopoly Service hosted a meeting on the graphitized electrode market competition. According to the director of industrial control department Nelli Galimkhanova, the meeting was gathered following two claims from Rostov Electrometallurgical Works and Krasniy Octyabr. The situation is difficult, as the market has been experiencing a sharp shortage because of decrease in capacity…

Ukraine: VostGOK suffers losses from mine stop

The state enterprise Vostochniy Mining and Processing Works has not received 160-180 million UAH of profit because of the halt of Smolinskaya and Ingulskaya mines in Kirovograd region, “It’s been three months since the mines stopped operation and the uranium ore was not mined. According to our preliminary calculations, we have suffered some 160-180 million…

Ukraine: VSMPO-Avisma not to invest in DGOK

VSMPO-Avisma decided not to invest into the expansion of Demurino Mining and Processing Works capacities to 50 thousand tons because of economical reasons. “At present we get 12-15 thousand tons of ilmenite. We won’t invest in the capacity increase”, the corporation CEO Mikhail Voevodin said. “When we bought DGOK, it already had a factory. Now…