Metinvest, the vertically integrated group of steel and mining companies, has repaid a part of its pre-export finance (PXF) facility ahead of schedule and demonstrated its commitment to reducing its debt further following the successful completion of the debt refinancing in April. That transaction, the largest ever of its kind by a Ukrainian corporate, refinanced…
In April, according to the railroad statistics, steel deliveries (rolled metal and pipes, including imports) to the bases of the main traders and networks totaled 907 thousand tons, down by 2.1% MoM, but up by 3.4% YoY. In March the results were +21.4% and +9.8%, while in February –12.3% and –9.8% respectively. In January-April deliveries…
Artel-DV LLC is researching the profitability of developing the Primankinsky alluvial gold node. According to the company CEO Albert Knaus, the site has prospects and its reserves allow it to be developed for several years. Last year the company extracted 18 kg of gold, down 2-fold from the target, but up by 17% YoY. The…
Taganrog Iron and Steel Works has produced 4 million tons of pipes. The anniversary ton of pipes will go to the city of Surgut. Tagmet was created in 1896, and is now one of the highly technological pipe works in the world. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March Kinross Gold produced 653.94 thousand ounces of gold equivalent, down by 3% YoY. In Russia gold output dropped by 16%, to 120.18 thousand ounces. At the Kupol and Dvoynoy mines in Chukotka output dropped because of the scheduled extraction of ore with low gold contents. In 2017 Kinross Russian enterprises produced 17692 kg…
In April Dneprospetsstal produced 21777 tons of steel and 14419 tons of rolled metal, down by 2% and by 3.2% MoM respectively. The total cost of goods manufactured in April was 840510 thousand UAH, down by 0.11% MoM. In January-April the company produced 85.626 tons of steel and 57182 tons of rolled metal valued at…
In 2017-2018 Metallinvest-Novosibirsk supplied metal for a number of major construction projects in Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk regions. In particular, in October 2017 the company provided rolled metal for the construction of the Berezovskaya Hydro Power Plant. The company supplied 186 tons of rolled metal. And for the Berezki cottage town in the suburbs of Novosibirsk…
The European Commission has started reviewing the volume of the antidumping duties in respect of pipe imports from Ukraine, manufactured by Interpipe. “The claimant has provided enough evidence that the application of the current level of duties is no longer necessary”, the commission said. The review can take up to 15 months. In early July…