In January-May Ukraine decreased imports of hot-briquetted iron from Russia by 97.8% YoY, to 980 tons. HBI is the scrap substitute in metal making. According to the customs statistics of the State Fiscal Service, in money terms imports dropped by 96.1%, to $262 thousand. All the imports came from Russia. (Ukrainian metal)
Zaporizhstal has increased wages of its employees by 20% since June 1. According to the company statement, its wages are among the highest in the Ukrainian mining and metal industry. Within the program of improving working conditions Zaporizhstal will invest some 4 million UAH in installing climate control systems all over the place. (Ukrainian metal)
Separatists from the so-called Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics are trying to sell coal from DTEK mines at half-price. “We’re negotiating with our prospective customers who could buy our coal – Turkey, Spain. We consider it our coal, but stolen. When we left there were some 450 thousand tons of coal at Sverdlovantrazit and Rovenkiantrazit”,…
Chepets Mechanical Works, a part of TVEL, has started producing large ingots of heat-resistant alloys on the basis of VIT-1 and VTI-4 titanium intermetallides. The company can now produce large ingots with the diameter of 450 mm and the weight of 1480 kg for aviation industry. In 5 years ChMZ started producing ingots and semi-finished…
Since being put into operation Kimkano-Sutarsky Mining and Processing Works has produced 600 thousand tons of iron ore concentrate. In May the works produced 125 thousand tons. The company management expects it to reach its target capacity in summer. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-May Kamensk-Uralsky Iron and Steel Works produced 47 thousand tons of aluminum, up by 4 thousand tons YoY. At present the company is constructing a new rolling complex, which produced 2 thousand tons of aluminum in May. This year will see the construction of the second stage of the hot-rolling mill. The first products…
Uzbekistan has offered 29 deposits of strategically important solid minerals, including 12 gold deposits, to foreign investors for industrial development. In accordance with the Uzbek government’s decree, published in the national legislation database, investors were also invited to develop eight deposits of tungsten and three deposits of uranium, iron and lithium, each. In addition, potential…
Poltava Mining and Processing Works is interested in carrying its cargo between the city of Kremenchug and the port of Yuzhniy with the help of its own trains. According to the company commercial director Dmitry Spatar, the situation when Ukrzaliznytsia is not renewing trains threatens the transportation process. Companies can invest in trains in case…