In January-October Ukraine mined 27.687 million tons of coal, down by 4.1% YoY. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, the coking coal output dropped by 11.7%, to 4.908 million tons, and power-generating coal by 2.3%, to 22.779 million tons. In October coal output grew by 5%, to 2.838 million tons. In 10…
In September Russia exported 200 thousand tons of aluminum, down by 8.1% YoY. According to the customs statistics, the revenue dropped by 13.6%, to $315 million. The average price was $1582 per ton, down by 6% YoY and the lowest price since March 2017. In January-September Russia exported 2.32 million tons of aluminum valued at…
Operation of Kumtor mine may be extended. This was announced at a meeting of the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev with the President and CEO of Centerra Gold Inc. Scott Perry. According to the Information Support Department of the Government’s Executive Office, the parties discussed issues of the company’s work. In particular, at the…
In October Ukraine exported $85.996 million worth of pig iron, up by 25% YoY, while imports remained on the level of $0.05 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, US was the main importer of Ukrainian pig iron in October ($63.345 million). In January-October pig iron exports grew by 53.8% YoY, to $879.95 million, while…
The Comet ship with 3 thousand tons of Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works metal, arrested in early November, left the Mariupol port without cargo. All the metal is kept at the port. The ship is in the Sea of Marmara already. (Ukrainian metal)
The director of Izhorskiye Zavody Yuri Gordienkov has been appointed CEO of OMZ-Spetsstal LLC. The decision was taken in order to consolidate the operation of both enterprises to fulfill the contract with Rosatom. Gordienkov has been working at Izhorskiye Zavody for 30 years. (Ukrainian metal)
In October TMK Chermet won a tender to sell scrap of Rusal Ural. The scrap and used metal structures were taken from the territory of Rusal Kamensk-Uralsky. The total weight of scrap was 507 tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Krasnoturyinsk-Polymetal LLC wants to become a resident of the priority development are to construct a factory to process several types of polymetalic ores in Krasnoturyinsk. The construction is expected to start in Q3 2019, and the factory will be commissioned in late 2020. Investments in the project are planned on the level of 3 billion…
