In September sales of MMK rolled steel to local customers and abroad totaled 896.1 thousand tons, down by 7.8% YoY. According to the railroad statistics, in 9 months sales reached 8.05 million tons, up by 0.01% YoY. Russian customers received 5.26 million tons, up by 6.4%, while exports dropped by 10.1%, to 2.79 million tons.…
In January-September Izhstal produced 328 thousand tons of metal, up by 3% YoY. The largest increase was in the manufacture of bars and steel sections – 9% and 19% respectively. Deliveries to machine-building companies grew by 23%, and they accounted for 25% of all sales. The share of car manufacturers was 17%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-September Khabarovsk region extracted 19176 kg of gold, up by 8.4% YoY. Alluvial gold accounted for 3907 kg and ore gold – 15268 kg, up by 2.8% and by 9.9% respectively. Silver output dropped by 4.8%, to 44.687 tons. (Ukrainian metal)
As of September 1, Magadan region has yielded 29772.2 kg of gold, up by 3.9 tons YoY. Tenkinskiy city district provided 10066.8 kg of ore gold. Susuman district was the leader in alluvial gold output – 6356.1 kg. The main silver-yielding district was Omsuckchansky – 427.9 tons. The total silver output is 538.3 tons. (Ukrainian…
In January-September the gold-extracting companies operating in Chukotka yielded 19.06 million tons of gold, including 2.5 tons of alluvial and 16.56 tons of ore gold. This is down by 4% YoY, including by 4% for alluvial gold, but up by 10% for ore gold. Silver output dropped by 13%, to 86.6 tons. In January-September 2017…
Polymetal International plc has concluded an agreement on the increase of the share in the gold ore deposits of Veduga to 74.3% by acquiring a 31.7% share in Amikan LLC, which has the license to develop the deposits. The price is $19.7 million to be paid in Polymetal shares. The two sellers – Sibproekt LLC…
The Yakutia republic’s Prosecutor’s Office has suspended a license of the gold producer Nordgold for production of gold near the Rederga River in the republic, the authority said in a statement on October 15. The prosecutors discovered that the company produced gold near the river without primary geological documents, and specialists of the Aldansky district’s…
In 10 year the casting and rolling complex of the Vyksa Iron and Steel Works produced more than 10.6 million tons of hot-rolled coils. The complex is unique in that its manufacturing cycle is just 3.5 hours, unlike over 24 hours at other works. The company intends to increase output by 20%, to 1.5 million…