In January-March Vysochaishiy received 3.207 billion rubles of revenue, up by 52% YoY. Sales profit reached 1.419 billion rubles, up 2-fold YoY. Net profit increased by 41%, to 1.005 billion rubles. As of March 31, the company accounts receivable totaled 1.132 billion rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March Zabaikalye region mined 18322 tons of lead and 10935 tons of zinc, up by 1.6% and by 21.7% YoY respectively. Two companies mine for lead and zinc ores in the region – Novo-Shirokinsky Mine and Baikalrud LLC. Last year the former produced 3976 tons of lead and 6718 tons of zinc, while the…
In January-April Polyus Aldan, operating in the Aldan district of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), mined 2 tons of gold, up by 157 kg YoY. The company has overfulfilled its own target by 134 kg. In Q1 gold output increased by 13% YoY, to 46.5 thousand ounces. Last year the company mined 171.5 thousand ounces…
Since the start of the year Kanchalan-Amguem Area LLC (KAP) has extracted 50.2 kg of gold at the Gorny site in Chukotka. Silver output totaled 225 kg. By the end of Q2 the company intends to have mined 505 kg of gold. The company started operating at the site in January. Its resources are estimated…
Since the start of the year Russky Ugol (Russian Coal) has increased coal output in Krasnoyarsk region by 13% YoY, to 350 thousand tons, at the Sayano-Partizansky pit alone. By the end of the year the output will have increased by 20%. In Q1 75% of all coal mined was exported. Last year the company…
In January-March VSMPO-Avisma received 18.033 billion rubles of revenue, up by 1% YoY. Net profit dropped by 20%, to 4.069 billion rubles, mostly because of the strengthening of the Russian ruble exchange rate as to Q1 2017. Last year the group net profit decreased 2-fold YoY, to 12.8 billion rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
Kuzbassrazrezugol intends to construct 2 processing factories – at the Bachatskiy and Krasnobrodksy open pits. According to UGMK-Holding LLC CEO Andrei Kozitsyn, the project will start after 2020, when the processing factory at the Taldinsky open pit is commissioned. “Thus we will be processing all the coal we mine. In 4 years we will be…
NLMK will construct another continuous-casting machine to replace the one, operating since 1976. SMS group will supply all the necessary machinery. The capacity of the new CCM will be 2 million tons per year. The new machine will allow NLMK producing billets with the thickness of 400 mm and width of 2800 mm. The CCM…