Ukraine: UGOK concentrate output up in April 2017

In April Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works increased concentrate output by 12.6% YoY, to 1.001 million tons. According to the company statement, sinter output decreased by 8.9%, to 124.8 thousand tons. In January-April UGOK produced 4.04 million tons of concentrate and 575.6 thousand tons of sinter, up by 12.1% and by 8.1% YoY respectively. Last…

Russia: Seligdar profits in 2016

In 2016 Seligdar received 3.696 billion rubles of net profits as opposed to the net loss of 1.362 billion rubles in 2015. According to the company statement, its profits before taxation reached 4.632 billion rubles (1.672 billion of losses in 2015), and EBITDA – 5.046 billion rubles, up 1.4-fold. Seligdar increased earnings by 39.1% YoY,…

Ukraine: KRIOIC miners refuse to get above ground

Miners from 5 Krivoy Rog Iron Ore Industrial Complex mines refused to return from underground after the night shift. “All the night shift of the Rodina, Gvardeyskaya, Ternovskaya, Krivbassshakhtoupravleniye and 10 miners of the Octyabrskaya mine remained underground. They demand increase of wages”, the chairman of the Confederation of Free Unions of Ukraine Mikhail Volynets…