Kazakhstan: EDB to fund coal production

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) and Bogatyr Komir Company signed a loan agreement to finance Bogatyr Komir’s investment program aimed at modernizing coal production processes at the Bogatyr mine, the press service of EDB said in a message. The document was signed by Andrey Beliyaninov, Chairman of the Management Board, from the EDB, and Murat…

Russia: KMAruda passes ISO and OHSAS audits

KMAruda has passed the audit for the correspondence to ISO 9001:2015 (quality management), ISO 14001:2015 (environment management system) and OHSAS 18001:2007 (professional safety and health management). The certification audit was carried out by SGS Vostok Ltd., a Russian subsidiary of SGS (Switzerland). KMAruda started implementing the management systems in early 2017. “The granting of the…

Russia: Onexim no longer Rusal shareholder

The Onexim Group of Mikhail Prokhorov has left the ranks of Rusal shareholders, according to the company statement on the Hong Kong stock exchange. On February 16 Onexim’s share in Rusal decreased from 6% to 0%. At the same time the share of Zonoville Investments Limited increased to 26.5% from 20.5%. Onexim, which owned 17%…