Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) occupies the highest position among steel producers in the National Ratings of Procurement Transparency in 2017 in the “Private commercial buyers” category. The awards ceremony for the highest rated organizations took place at Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Moscow. Among the participants were representatives from state, regional,…
Toshkovskaya mine (a part of Pervomayskugol, Lugansk region) has put into operation a new long face. Its length is 200 meters and the reserves are estimated at 150 thousand tons of coal. With the output of 100 tons per day, the development of the long face will take 4 years. (Ukrainian metal)
Brovary Aluminum Works is the major aluminum sections manufacturer in Ukraine. At present the company can produce 20 thousand tons of sections. In 2011 the company halted operations. But when it entered the Alumeta Group, it was modernized and the operation resumed. BRAZ exports to 25 countries of Europe and the Near East. In 2016…
The Intradepartmental Commission on International Trade has imposed a 5-year antidumping duty of 15.2% on rebars and wire rod from Russia. The decision will come into effect from February 28. The commission has decided that in 2014-2016 because of the Russian dumping when supplying rebars and wire rod, domestic output decreased by 8.55% and the…
In 2017 the gold-extracting company Pavlik obtained 6.5 tons of gold in 2017, up 1.7-fold, or by 66.7%. In 2016 at the Pavlik deposit the company mined 3.9 tons of gold. This year the company intends to obtain 7 tons of gold. The gold-extracting factory at the Pavlik deposit was commissioned in August 2015. In…
In 2017 Amur region gold-extracting companies obtained 25.77 tons of gold, up by 15.56% YoY. Ore gold accounted for the most part of the yield – 17.53 tons, with alluvial gold at 8.24 tons. Petropavlovsk provided the most to the ore gold output last year, while the largest producer of alluvial gold was Priisk Solovievsky.…
The new melting furnace has been put into operation at the foundry shop of Astek-MT. The commissioning of the third furnace with the volume of 30 tons will increase the company output to 48 thousand tons of aluminum cylinder ingots per year. The new furnace has been produced taking into account all the environment protection…
In 2017 Ukraine mined 34.92 million tons of coal, down from 40.86 million tons in 2016. The Ministry of energy and coal industry mines obtained 4.83 million tons of coal. The mining plan (5.75 million tons) was 84.2% fulfilled. In 2016 the state mines yielded 5.79 million tons of coal with the target of 7.27…