Nordgold has increased its initial gold output forecast for 2018 from 0.95-1 million ounces to 1-1.5 million ounces. The improvement of the forecast is due to the project to construct an underground mining site at the Berezitovoye deposits as well as the commissioning of the Gross mine in Yakutia. The operation at the Berezitovoye will…
In January-July Polyus Magadan produced 2.6 tons of gold and 0.7 tons of silver. The company is developing the reserves of the Natalka gold-ore deposits in Magadan region. The first ton of gold was produced in April. This year the company is expected to obtain at least 5.4 tons of gold. At present the capacity…
Krasniy Octyabr is finishing its project to assemble a Danieli PL-370 centerless turning machine. The commissioning is scheduled for the nearest future. The world market requirements to rolled metal are getting more and more tough. Only modern machinery from the leading manufacturers can cope with them. The commissioning of the PL-370 mill, which could peel…
The Volgograd subsidiary of Severstal Steel Ropes has started assembling three rope machines and four winding machines. The cost of the Italian machinery is some 2.5 million euros. The commissioning is scheduled for autumn. This is the beginning of the second stage of the project to develop special steel ropes manufacture. “A month ago we…
NLMK-Kaluga has produced the 6-millionth ton of steel. “In just 2 years of operation the works has reached the levels of the best world practices on refractory, scrap, electricity, and electrodes usage. Now we must not stop on what we have reached, but move forward developing techniques, ourselves and our colleagues and forming a new…
In June Russia imported 71.3 thousand tons of flat galvanized metal, down by 2% YoY. In 6 months imports dropped by 10.2%, to 340.4 thousand tons. Deliveries from Kazakhstan decreased by 6%, to 173.6 thousand tons, at an average price on the Russian border of $767.5 per ton without VAT. Galvanized imports from China dropped…
In June Russia imported 48.3 thousand tons of flat polymer-coated rolled metal, down by 21.2% YoY. In January-June imports fell by 33.7% YoY, to 180 thousand tons, of which 71.6 thousand tons accounted for China, down by 55%. The average price on the Russian border was $893.7 per ton without VAT. Deliveries from Kazakhstan grew…
In January-June the mines of Donetsk region increased coal output by 5.3% YoY, to 5.9 million tons. At the same time this is 17.3% less than in January-June 2016. Last year the region yielded 10.2 million tons of coal, down from 14.5 million tons in 2016 and 38.1 million tons in 2013. In Q1 1144.3…