The Ministry of energy and coal industry reports that in April the prime cost of coal at state mines increased by 13.8% MoM, or by 384.1 UAH per ton, to 3159.67 UAH per ton. The prime cost of coal is 45.7%, or 1443.17 UAH per ton, more than its average sale price (1716.5 UAH per…
DTEK Mine Group named after Space Heroes has put a new 1120 long face into operation. Its reserves are estimated at 226 thousand tons of gas-coal. This coal is used by the thermal power plants. The reserves will be enough till September. This is the second long face put into operation by DTEK Space Heroes…
The Lenzoloto board of directors, a part of Polyus, suggests its shareholders to spend 11.884 million rubles to pay dividends for 2016. It is suggested to pay 34.18 rubles per premium share and pay nothing for ordinary shares. The registry of shareholders entitled to dividends will be closed on July 11. The final decision on…
In 2016 Zhayrem Mining and Processing Works received 6.1 billion tenge of net profits, down 1.9-fold YoY. The company EBITDA dropped by 27.3%, to 7.28 billion tenge, while gross profit increased 6.4-fold, to 11.2 billion tenge. Its assets increased by 7.7%, to 30.7 billion tenge, while liabilities dropped by 29%, to 6.3 billion tenge. Zhayrem…
Rechitsa Iron and Steel Works has been providing hot-galvanizing services for over 6 years. The company is able to cover metal structures (12500x1500x2500 mm) and pipes (4000-8200 mm long, with ½-4” diameter) with 40-250 micron coating. The works also galvanizes its own products. “Our galvanized bolts have been spotted on German machinery. Now we export…
In 2016 the share of stainless steel imports decreased to 40.3% from the record of 86.5% in 2007, while the seamless stainless pipes imports dropped to 33.5% from its highest in 2010 (63.8%). According to the Pipe industry development fund director Igor Malyshev, the decrease of imports resulted in the creation of pipe capacities in…
Even if the scrap export duty is prolonged, Ukraine will still suffer from the raw material shortage. “There will be a shortage anyway. But there is a difference: 200 thousand tons of shortage at 30 euro per ton duty and 800 thousand tons of shortage if the duty is not prolonged”, Ukrmetallurgprom president Alexander Kalenkov…
Evraz and the Russian Railways have signed a memorandum on cooperation. According to the document Evraz will increase output of 100-meter rails. An additional manufacturing line will be assembled at Evraz ZMSK. And railroads will provide rolling stock to take all the rails produced. The memorandum creates the basis for the signing of a new…