Russia: GV Gold to consider IPO in 2018

Russian gold producer GV Gold aims to be ready to hold an initial public offering (IPO) by spring 2018 but would not necessarily go ahead with a listing at that time, CEO German Pikhoya declared. GV Gold, a privately held firm whose shareholders include U.S. fund BlackRock, has repeatedly delayed plans for the IPO that…

Kazakhstan: Kazatomprom starts implementing Industry 4.0 elements

National Atomic Company of Kazatomprom has held a coordination meeting in Shymkent attended by the heads and specialists of subsidiaries’ IT departments. The meeting was mainly dedicated to the targets of rapid technology modernization including implementation of digital technologies and robot automation at uranium production, the company press-service reports. CEO of Kazatomprom Askar Zhumagaliyev said…

Ukraine: three sources of coal pondered

Ukraine has received a confirmation of the arrival of the working group from USA on May 23. At present Ukraine is reviewing three sources of coal. “There are three sources, from where we intend to buy coal. The first is Richards Bay in South Africa. DTEK and Tekhnova are the main importers. Then its Kazakhstan,…

Russia: Mechel to receive UMZ excavators

Uralmashzavod has concluded a contract for the delivery of an EKG-20 excavator to Mechel. The No. 18 machine will be operating at Neryungrinsky open-pit of Yakutugol, a part of Mechel. The excavator will be supplied in late 2017. Last year the company received 2 similar excavators. One has already been successfully put into operation. (Ukrainian…