In September global pig iron output grew by 7.27% YoY, to 104.67 million tons, according to World Steel Association. China is still the world leader with 66.37 million tons. Ukraine has retained the 9th place with 1.67 million tons. It is ahead of Taiwan with 1.28 million tons, but behind US with 1.97 million tons.…
A cargo of 3 thousand tons of metal was arrested in the port of Mariupol, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko reported on Facebook. The arrest of the Alchevsk iron and Steel Works products transported to Belgium under the Liberia flag he called “our reply to the so-called sanctions”. The city of Alchevsk is…
The transportation at the Russian Railways in January-October was 1.07 billion tons, up by 2.7% YoY. In particular, the RZhD transported 310.6 million tons of coal, up by 5.5% YoY, 96.3 million tons of iron and manganese ore, up by 5.5%, 65 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 8.8%, and 13.3 million tons of…
“As soon as we receive official notification about denial of permission to pledge a license, we will make an administrative complaint to the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use of Kyrgyzstan, stating our position on this issue,” said Director of Alliance Altyn LLC Mikhail Shubin. According to him, a collateral is needed all…
The Russian central bank bought about 92 tons of gold in July-September, a quarterly record for the country, which is now selling dollar-denominated assets actively, the World Gold Council said in a report on November 2. Russia’s gold reserves exceeded 2,000 tons for the first time ever and now account for 17% of the global…
Severstal has produced 300 tons of galvanized rolled metal with polyurethane coating under the brand of Steel Cashmere, which will be used in the construction of the Cuban infrastructure. In particular, the light-grey metal will be used in the construction of a locomotive depot of the Ministry of Transport. “High exploitation features of the Steel…
In July-September Petropavlovsk Plc, extracting gold at four mines in Amur region, obtained 102 thousand ounces, on par with the corresponding period of 2017. Pioner provided 30.2 thousand ounces of gold, Pokrovsky – 0.7 thousand ounces, Malomyr – 32.6 thousand ounces and Albyn – 38.5 thousand ounces. In January-September gold output dropped by 10% YoY,…
In January-September KAZ Minerals produced 216.8 thousand tons of copper, up by 12% YoY. In Q3 copper output grew by 7%, to 77.2 thousand tons, mostly thanks to the increase in the volume of ore processing. In 9 months zinc concentrate manufacture dropped to 38.3 thousand tons from 45.8 thousand tons. Gold output totaled 135…