In July Ukrainian metal companies consumed 145 million cubic meters of natural gas, on the level of the previous month. In 7 months gas consumption grew by 11%, to 1.08 billion cubic meters. Electricity consumption in July totaled 6.9 billion kW-h, up by 11% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
On August 20 the Ministry of Ecology of Chelyabinsk region received letters from the citizens about a bad smell in the air. As the result of the inspection, the source of heavy smoke was found on the territory of Chelyabvtormet. The mobile laboratories checked the quality of the air on the enterprise territory. Following the…
In June Russia exported 14.5 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant steel scrap and wastes valued at $18 million, up 4-fold and 5.6-fold YoY respectively. According to the customs statistics, in 7 months exports increased by 46.8%, to 54.4 thousand tons valued at $59.4 million, up by 61.4%. Scrap containing 8% of nickel accounted for 75% of…
In April-June MMK-Metiz received 260.7 million rubles of net profit, up 1.7-fold QoQ. In January-June net profit dropped by 40% YoY, to 413.42 million rubles. In 6 months the company received 11.513 billion rubles of revenue, up by 20% YoY. In Q2 the works sold 6.13 billion rubles worth of products, up by 14% QoQ.…
In January-June Russia imported 134.8 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant steel valued at $310 million, down by 0.5%, but up by 6.6% YoY respectively. According to the customs statistics, the sheet with the width of 600 mm and more accounts for 90% of the imports. The main supplier is China (46%, up by 54.1% YoY), followed…
In July metal companies received 808 thousand tons of coke, up by 9% MoM. All the coke was of domestic origin. As in two previous months, no coke was imported in July. In January-July Ukrainian metal companies received 5.63 million tons of coke, up by 9% YoY, including 5.37 million tons of Ukrainian coke, up…
The prices of precious metals increased in Azerbaijan on August 21, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold grew by 15.2915 manats, to 2031.3725 manats per ounce on August 21 compared to the price on August 20. The price of silver went up by 0.0582 manats, to 25.1762 manats…
The net profit of the Russian gold producer Polymetal International jumped by 46% YoY, to $175 million in January-June, as calculated under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the company said in a statement on August 21. The adjusted net profit rose by 32%, to $155 million. Revenue grew by 16%, to $789 million in the…
