In January Dneprospetsstal produced 20591 tons of steel, down by 10.7% MoM. Rolled metal output dropped by 4.6%, to 13818 tons. The total cost of products manufactured in January was 780572 thousand UAH, down by 3.2% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
In January Russia produced 4.5 million tons of pig iron, down by 0.9% MoM, but up by 2.2% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, rolled metal output increased by 3.5% YoY, but dropped by 5.8% MoM, to 5.1 million tons. Pipe manufacture reached 0.954 million tons, up by 14.9% YoY, but down…
In January Zabaykalye region decreased lead output by 4% and zinc – by 3% YoY, while tungsten concentrate output dropped by 37%. As of February 1, the region yielded 87.8 tons of tungsten concentrate. Only Novoorlovsky GOK is mining for the concentrate at present. Lead and zinc output reached 4400 and 2580 tons respectively. Last…
Stepps East LLC plans to carry out prospecting works at the Mutnovskoye gold, silver and polymetal deposits in order to construct a mining and processing works there. The deposits are situated 60 km south of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski. It is believed, that apart from gold and silver, the field contains considerable reserves of lead,…
Atomredmetzoloto intends to start mining for gold at the Severnoye deposits in Yakutia. The Severnoye uranium deposits are a part of the Elkon uranium ore district. The designing of the uranium works was put on hold in 2011 after world prices fell drastically following the Fukushima accident. In 2019-2020 the company will carry out prospecting…
Energomashspetsstal has prepared another batch of 22 billets for the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey. EMSS is the main supplier of billets for the NPP key machinery. Under the contract, representatives of the customer visited the company to inspect the billets produced. The acceptance of the products was carried on February…
Laboratory of Innovative Technologies has become the first company on the territory of the ex-USSR to start processing rare-earth metals. Previously all concentrates have been processed abroad, and then returned back to Russia as oxides, metals and alloys. From now on Russia will be processing them itself. All the products manufactured will be sold on…
On February 16 the state enterprise Lvivugol cleared its salary debts of 2017. In particular, the enterprise received 10 million UAH from the state company Coal of Ukraine. On January 4 Coal of Ukraine transferred 21 million UAH to pay salary to Lviv miners for November 2017. (Ukrainian metal)
