The state enterprise Selidovugol has ordered the scientific-manufacturing company Gornye Mashiny (Mining Machines) the delivery of mining equipment valued at 213.53 million UAH. By April 2018 the company will have supplied 102.73 million UAH worth of powered support sections; a flight conveyor (64.69 million UAH) and a winning machine (46.11 million UAH). The conveyor and…
The Intinskaya coalmine located in Russia’s Komi Republic, belonging to a small independent producer Intaugol, has collapsed with one miner staying under debris showing no observable vital signs, a source in emergency services of the republic reported. After collapse of the mine, 191 miners were brought up to the surface. Out of 16 miners that…
NGO Russian Railways (RZD) Logistics illegally shipped 76,300 tons of coal from the occupied areas in Donetsk region controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (“DPR”) to Russia in May, according to Ukrainian NGO Sprotyv.info. The plan of shipments was approved by the Economic Development Ministry of the Russian Federation. Out of the 76,300 tons…
The prosecutor’s office of the Russia-occupied Crimea has stopped trading operations of Valki-Ilmenit LLC in Zhitomir region without the special license to use subsoil resources. This has been reported by the General Prosecutor of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko. Valki-Ilmenit is the only quarry supplying raw materials to the occupied Crimean Titanium. (Ukrainian metal)
The scrap export limitation is the necessary means of regulation on behalf of the government. According to the state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa director Vladimir Vlasyuk, it is necessary to limit export of scrap, but not to completely prohibit it. “I understand the discussions between scrap procurers and consumers. But the current duty still allows traders to…
In January-May Kosogorsky Iron and Steel Works increased share of sales of pig iron both locally and abroad 1.7-fold, from 47% to 81%. The company has also increased the output of high-quality pig iron, having supplied 20.6 thousand tons to local and foreign customers, or 70% of the total sales in May. (Ukrainian metal)
The only alluvial gold extractor in Sakhalin region – Vostok-2 – has as of June 23 obtained 13 kg of gold. The company started washing sand on May 17. The washing season will end in October. The target of this year is 75 kg of gold, up by 41% YoY, or by 22 kg. Vostok-2…
In July Ukraine will produce 1.7 million tons of steel. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, pig iron output will total 1.6 million tons and rolled metal – 1.4 million tons. For June Ukrmetallurgprom forecast steel output on the level of 1.6 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)