Russia’s aluminum deliveries to Japan have been halted over US sanctions, Rusal Japan Director Kunihiko Higashi reported on April 19. “Further aluminum deliveries have been cancelled,” he said. “Our buyers have said they cannot make payments to Rusal, which is related to the recent US sanctions. Such notices were coming to us one after another.…
In January-March Kapan Mining and Processing Works processed 154 thousand tons of ore, up by 34% YoY. Mining totaled 157 thousand tons, up by 36%. Gold contents in ore processed totaled 1.8 g, down by 13% YoY, silver contents – 33 g, down by 24%, copper – 0.3%, up by 11%, and zinc – 1.31%,…
Uzbekistan Iron and Steel Works has developed a draft law on altering the article No. 219 of the Administrative responsibility Code. The company suggests imposing responsibility for violation of ferrous metals scrap procurement and trade. Since September 2017 the works has been appointed the only authorized company to procure (buy) ferrous metals scrap in Uzbekistan.…
In January-February Russia exported 639.4 thousand tons of raw aluminum valued at $1261 million, up by 49.2% and by 91% YoY respectively. In February the average price was $1952 per ton, up by 25% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-February Russia exported 152.6 thousand tons of primary copper valued at $1051 million, up by 23.1% and by 51.6% YoY respectively. In February the average price was $6932 per ton of primary copper, up by 22.81% YoY. The price of copper wire rod was $6785 per ton, up by 25.4%. (Ukrainian metal)
The most productive blast furnace in Russia – the NLMK Rossiyanka – has smelted its 25-millionth ton of pig iron. The blast furnace was commissioned in 2011. Investments exceeded 43 billion rubles. This was one of the largest construction projects in Russian metallurgy. NLMK capacity increased by 36%. In 2017 Rossiyanka produced 3.8 million tons…
Shareholders of three mining and processing works belonging to Metinvest intend to spend the combined amount of 4.86 billion UAH to pay dividends for 2017. The corresponding decisions are included in the agenda of the shareholder meetings scheduled for May 18. In particular, Severniy Mining and Processing Works plans to spend 2.16 billion UAH of…
In January-February exports grew by 17.9% YoY, or by $1.1 billion, to $7.4 billion. According to the Ministry of economical development and trade, the main importers of Ukrainian goods were the EU countries, Singapore, Belarus, Turkey, Moldova and Iraq. “The goods that saw the biggest increase in sales were steel semi-finished products (up by $98.3…
