Eurasian Economic Committee has started an antidumping investigation on the imports of galvanized metal from Ukraine. The investigation was started on the basis of the claim from MMK, NLMK and Severstal, which accounted for 50% of rolled metal manufactured in January 2014 – December 2017. The companies claimed that in 2017 rolled metal was supplied…
The price of one ounce of gold decreased by 26.792 manats or by 1.26% last week. Accordingly, the average price of one ounce of gold stood at 2,135.8099 manats. The price of one ounce of silver decreased by 0.4361 manats or by 1.59%, to 27.5367 manats. Last week the price of one ounce of platinum…
In 10 year Kazakhstan has invested 1.4 trillion tenge in the development of gold deposits. According to the Committee on geology and subsoil use, the state balance of natural resources has 343 gold deposits. The country occupies the 14th place in the world on confirmed and industrial reserves of gold. Last year Kazakhstan produced 85…
In April, according to the customs statistics, Russia exported 490 thousand tons of ferrous scrap to Turkey, up by 26.5% MoM and by 33% YoY. The average price on the Russian border was $280.5 per ton, up by 5.2% MoM and by 23.2% YoY. In January-April ferrous scrap exports totaled 1.6 million tons, up by…
In April Russia exported 172 thousand tons of raw aluminum, down by 43% MoM and by 19% YoY. According to the customs statistics, in January-April raw aluminum exports reached 1.01 million tons valued at $1952 million, up by 9.6% and by 31.5% YoY respectively. In April the average price was $1894.6 per ton FOB, down…
The Ministry of industry and trade is constantly monitoring the situation with Rusal and in the cities of its presence. At present “there is no danger”. The minister Denis Manturov believes that the creation of processing enterprises inside the country will be the best way to help both the industry and the company. “All the…
The current capacities of the domestic manufacturers of extrusion packing are able to cover the whole demand on the local market, which will greatly increase aluminum consumption. At present the consumption of aluminum cylinders, bottles and pipes is growing. Russian aluminum packaging is successfully used by cosmetics, pharmacological and food companies not only of Russia,…
In May Russia produced 4.465 million tons of pig iron, up by 3.9% YoY, with 4.32 million tons produced in April. In January-May pig iron production totaled 21.745 million tons, up by 0.5% YoY. Ukraine decreased pig iron output by 0.6% YoY, to 1.582 million tons (1.649 million tons in April), but increased by 7.7%…