The Cabinet of Ministers asks the Verkhovnaya Rada to cancel the prohibition for women to work in harmful conditions and underground. The corresponding decision was taken at the government meeting on May 10. In particular, it was suggested to eliminated a certain clause in the Labor Code and denounce the International Labor Organization convention on…
Sumy Machine-Building Scientific Enterprise has produced liquid-packet ring pumps for ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih. The capacity of the pumps is 300 cubic meters per second. AMKR will receive 3 pumps. The weight of each machine is 13 tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In April Energomashspetsstal produced and shipped 263 tons of goods to the European companies of ArcelorMittal. According to the company statement, the rolls were shipped to AM works in Spain, Romania, France, Belgium and Germany. The EMSS rolls will be used in cold- and hot-rolling mills. One roll weighing 39.4 tons was shipped to Voestalpine…
The prices of main precious metals increased in Azerbaijan on May 11, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The cost of gold increased by 7.1825 manats, to 2243.2775 manats per troy ounce compared to the price on May 10. The cost of silver increased by 0.2671 manats, to 28.3985 manats per ounce.…
A fire raging 500 meters under the ground of the Raspadskaya in the Kemerovo region stopped its operations and forced evacuation of 195 miners, a source in the regional emergency services reported. “Operations of the mine have been suspended. The systems of ventilation and life support are working normally,” the source said. In 2010 two…
The revenue of the Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL rose by 19.5% YoY, to $2.744 billion in January-March, the company said on May 11. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) grew by 20.4%, to $572 million. RUSAL also said that its previous forecasts for its operations were already irrelevant due to the…
Polyus intends to get the results of the engineering survey on constructing a mining and processing works at the Sukhoy Log gold deposits in Irkutsk region in autumn. The company will spend some $30 million on Sukhoy Log this year out of its total expenses of $850 million. The share of Polyus in the Zoloto…
In January-March Russia exported 931.9 thousand tons of aluminum valued at $1.827 billion, up by 8.5% and by 27% YoY respectively. According to the Federal Customs Service, nickel exports dropped by 11%, to 33.7 thousand tons, valued at $444.2 million, up by 20%. Copper exports reached 175.9 thousand tons valued at $1.2 billion, up by…