The activist of the newly created Independent Primary Union Organization of Pavlogradugol Andrei Karpenko, who has recently gone on a hungry strike, happened to be a fugitive from the uncontrolled territory of Lugansk region. According to the law-enforcing services, prior to moving to Pavlograd he has been working at a mine, now seized by the…
In 2017 Petropavlovsk Plc produced 13.62 tons of ore gold in Amur region, or 53% of the total output. The output increased by 9.7% YoY, or by 1.2 tons. The increase was provided by 3 out of 4 company mines: Pioner, Albyn and Malomyr. Pokrovsky mine decreased output. (Ukrainian metal)
Kanchalano-Amguemskaya Ploschad LLC has begun industrial gold-extracting at the Gorniy site of the Zhilnoye deposits in Chukotka. The first ore has been sent to the gold-extracting factory of the Valunisty mine, and the first ingots are expected this month. By the end of the second quarter the company intends to have obtained 505 kg of…
Serebro Magadana, a part of Polymetal, has started processing ore from the Verkhne-Menkeche deposits. So far the gold-extracting factory has received 350 tons of ore. This ore contains 900-1600 grams of silver per ton, as well as lead, zinc and some other minerals. There is no gold in it. The factory plans to process 45…
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works has concluded an investment contract with Danieli & Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. on the modernization of the 170 two-thread mill in the bar shop. The price of the contract is 5.5 million euros. The project is expected to be concluded in 2019. The project presupposes the modernization of the cooling rolling…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has produced rails for the reconstruction of railroads near the Baikonur and Plesetsk cosmodromes. The products have been shipped to one of the Roskosmos enterprises. So far around 1 thousand tons of R65 rails have been supplied. The deliveries will continue this year. (Ukrainian metal)
Severstal has started delivering ArmaNorma (A600C) rebars for the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey. In December 2017 the group shipped the first batch of rebars weighing 400 tons for the foundation of the power plant. Some 1.6 thousand tons of rebars more will be delivered in early 2018. “Participation in such…
Russian gold producer Polyus has cancelled an agreement to sell a 15% stake to China’s Fosun, the company said in a statement on January 15. “Polyus, the largest gold producer in Russia, notes the announcement made earlier by Polyus Gold International Limited that the agreement to sell 12,561,868 of the ordinary shares in the company…
