Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman has ordered the Ministry of Finances and the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry headed by Igor Nasalik to find additional sources of financing the state coal industry. “We need more system changes to attract investments and increase local coal output”, he said at a government meeting on August 23. He…
The copper-smelting shop of Uralelectromed has modernized and commissioned an anode furnace No. 2 with the unification of anode removers for two types of anodes – 260 and 392 kg. In three weeks of operation the furnace has produced some 7 thousand tons of copper anodes. “With the commissioning of the second stage of the…
Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works has confirmed the correspondence of its quality management system to the requirements of the new ISO 9001:2015 version. The representatives of SGS visited the rolling, steel wire and rope, cold-rolling shops and 14 divisions of the works, inspecting the manufacturing process, the quality of documentation and speaking with the employees.…
Gold output of the Chukotka Autonomous District is falling, governor Roman Kopin said in his letter to president Vladimir Putin asking for higher financing of geological exploration and better mechanisms of licensing of subsoil sites. Kopin said that the gold reserves of the unallocated subsoil reserve fund of the region stood at only 95.2 tons,…
Over 1 thousand tons of beams produced by Evraz NTMK were used to construct an agricultural complex in Voronezh region. By the end of the summer 1 thousand tons more will have been supplied to the construction site. The I-beams with the length of 10 to 13 meters are used to construct the roof of…
In January-June the net profit of Metalloinvest totaled $870 million, up by 48.7% YoY. Revenue grew by 24.6%, to $3.779 billion, EBITDA – by 40.5%, to 1.491 billion, while net debt dropped by 6.1%. The company has refinanced its pre-export financing at $240 million due to attracting a new PXF-2018 loan. Metalloinvest has also signed…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has transferred 100 million UAH envisaged for the Ministry of energy and coal industry for the program of labor safety at coalmines to the program of clearing salary debts to miners. According to the ministry, in January-June state mines extracted 2.161 million tons of coal, down by 6.7% from…
The state Roseximbank will provide a loan of over 140 million euro for the construction of Tashkent Iron and Steel Works. The bank has signed a loan agreement with Asaka and Uzpromstroybank, which are financing the project. The project envisages the development of the main manufacturing lines and infrastructure objects, the supply of machinery, training…
