The Finance Ministry will decide within a month whether to abolish value-added tax (VAT) on investment gold, Deputy Minister Alexei Moiseyev declared. “The main problem here is that to distinguish between gold intended for investment and for jewelry production is very hard. This is the main bone of contention. But I expect the decision to…
Residents of Kadamdzhay district hold a rally against the development of Shambesai gold field, regional administration reported. According to its data, residents demand to close the mine, because they believe that mining of gold harms the environment. Gold reserves of Shambesai field are estimated at 8 tons. Exploration work at the deposit began in 2007,…
Vesco, Druzhkovka Mine Group and Ogneupornerud, all controlled by System Capital Management, will jointly pay 329.023 million UAH of dividends for January 15 – July 31. In particular, Vesco will pay 224.21 million UAH, Druzhkovka Mine Group – 47.75 million UAH and Ogneupornerud – 57.05 million UAH. The corresponding decision was taken at the extraordinary…
The State Fiscal Service of Ukraine announced TOP-100 major taxpayers of Ukraine in 2017, where PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih took one of the leading positions Last year 100 major taxpayers increased their payments to the state budget by 21.6% YoY, to UAH 258.3 billion. PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih took the first place among other Ukrainian…
Chelyabinsk Zinc Works has started constructing a site of zinc cake flotation. The foundation has been laid, and the company is now busy assembling reservoirs and pumps. When processing zinc concentrate, zinc cake is created containing 15-25% of zinc, which is then sent for fuming in the rotary kiln. Cake also contains some 2% of…
In 2017 VIZ-Stal increased output by 9%, to 161.6 thousand tons. Capacity loading remained high – 99%. Transformer rolled metal sales grew by 5%, to 160.9 thousand tons. The positive dynamics has to do with the restoration of the world demand for transformer steel and realization of projects aimed at improving product quality. Exports accounted…
In January UralKuz reached a record-high volume of output – 11.5 thousand tons, the highest monthly result in the company history. Railroad axles production increase contributed the most to the overall growth. Last year UralKuz modernized one of its manufacturing lines. It can now produce 4 thousand tons of axle billets per month. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2017 United Mining and Chemical Company increased sales by 20% YoY, to 2.769 billion UAH. “Despite serious competition and considerable dependence of the company on world quotation changes, UMCC last year was able to sell 124 thousand tons of ilmenite concentrate, its main product, at Volnogorsk GOK up by 41% YoY. Sales at Irshansk…