Ukraine: only 4 state mines profitable

Out of 33 state mines, situated on the Ukraine-controlled territory, only 4 are profitable. On the whole Ukraine has 102 state mines, but most of them are situated on the uncontrolled territory. In January-May state coalmining decreased by 3.6% YoY, while coal cost grew by 30.5%. On July 9 Novovolynskaya mine No. 9 stopped operating…

Russia: Hiagda uranium output up in H1 2018

In January-June Hiagda overfulfilled its uranium-mining plan by 5%. At the same time, thanks to the measures to improve manufacturing efficiency the company was able to decrease prime cost of the products by 8%. This year the company intends to construct a high-voltage line and a road to the Kolichikanskoye deposits. (Ukrainian metal)

Russia: UGMK-Stal gets new raw materials base

UGMK-Stal has received another asset – the mining enterprise Boguslavskoye Mine Group. The enterprise mines iron ores and processes iron ore concentrates, as well as produces construction crushed stone. The enterprise possesses the Severopeschanskaya mine, a crushing factory and a number of auxiliary departments. Its annual output is 2.4 million tons of ore and 1.2…