In January Ukraine exported 3.027 thousand tons of coke valued at $884 thousand, down 4.3-fold and by 45.1% YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, the main customers were Belarus (48.3%), Russia (27.6%) and Romania (16.87%). At the same time, Ukraine imported 156.913 thousand tons of coke valued at $44.598 million, up 2.1-fold and…
In January Ukraine exported 37.422 thousand tons of titanium-containing ore and concentrate, down by 33.9% YoY, valued at $7.115 million, down by 1.8%. According to the State Fiscal Service, the main importers were Turkey (45.31%), the Czech Republic (15.73%) and China (10.32%). Last month Ukraine imported 805 tons of titanium-containing ores valued at $163 thousand.…
A number of media reported that on February 7 the Oleg Mkrtchan, CEO of the Industrial Union of Donbass, was detained in Moscow. The corporation has no information on the reasons of the detainment. Sources say the detainment might have something to do with the embezzlement of funds. (Ukrainian metal)
The Torex group of companies, the owner of the only steel producer in Russia’s Far East Amurmetal, has agreed to sell an unspecified stake in the plant to Hong Kong company Debang Guangdong International, Pavel Balsky, chairman of Torex board of directors, said on February 8. “We have reached an agreement, under which our Chinese…
Vostochny Port JSC, Russia’s largest dedicated coal port (run by Port Management Company, PMC LLC), handled about 2 million tons of export coal in January, up by more than 4% YoY (1.8 million tons). In the reporting period the company unloaded 27,200 rolling stock units (+85 units). The share of innovative rail cars with increased…
Azerbaijan plans to restore and restart Ganja Aluminum Plant, Kamran Nabizade, director general of the Azerbaijan Industrial Corporation, said at the corporation’s meeting on February 7. “The goal is to organize the manufacture of primary and final aluminum products,” Nabizade said. “This will make it possible to increase competitiveness of the aluminum production sphere and…
In 2018 Anglo Asian Mining intends to obtain 78-84 thousand ounces of gold equivalent. According to the company statement, gold will amount to 64-70 thousand ounces. Copper will reach 2.1-2.3 thousand tons. The company expects gold price to be $1.25 thousand per ounce, silver – $17 per ounce and copper – $6.8 thousand per ton.…
This year the Mine named after Matrosov, which develops Natalkinskoye gold-ore deposits in Kolyma, intends to mine 5 tons of gold. Since the beginning of the year the mine has already yielded 260 kg. To meet the target, the enterprise will have to process 9 million tons of ore and 15 million tons of rock.…