In January-September 2018 Kazakhstan exported 14.2 thousand tons of uranium valued at $699.1 million, down by 18.8% and by 17% YoY respectively. China accounted for 57% of exports – 8 thousand tons valued at $422.6 million. Canada imported 2.6 thousand tons at $108.2 million (18.2%) and Russia – 2.4 thousand tons at $113.6 million (16.6%).…
In 2019 Metinvest intends to transport over 74.2 million tons of cargo via railroad. In particular, the group plans to transport 12.5 million tons of ready-made products, 38 million tons of iron ore raw materials, 6.7 million tons of limestone, 11.1 million tons of coal and 3.7 million tons of coke and by-products. In 2018…
In 2018 Izhstal increased rolled metal output by 13% YoY, to 561 thousand tons. The primary mill-850 saw the biggest increase – by 31%, while the mill-450 – by 17% due to the growth in output of round bars with the diameter of 120 to 180 mm, and the mill-300 – by 27%. The manufacture…
One of the major metal enterprises of the Orenburg region – Svetly Ferronickel Works – is undergoing bankruptcy procedure. The bankruptcy claim was filed in October 2018. In three months the number of creditors has grown considerably, and the claims to the company increased from 350 thousand rubles to 825 million. The largest debt of…
Last year Kolmar had some large-scale events. In particular, it started constructing excavations of the Vostochnaya Denisovskaya mine with the reserves of 4 million tons of coal. Preparation works for the construction of a new 12-million ton Inaglinskaya mine have been completed. The Denisovskaya mine received new machinery: a Sandvik MC-430 combine, two Joy self-propelling…
Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Works, a part of Metalloinvest, has received three new BelAZ trucks with the lifting capacity of 220 tons. The dump trucks have been purchased under an investment program to renew machinery and increase the manufacturing efficiency. LGOK now has 11 such trucks. (Ukrainian metal)
Yeristovo Mining and Processing Works, a part of Ferrexpo, has purchased 200 open cars from the Kryukovsky Wagon-Building Works. Of these, in December 2018 EGOK received 50 and in January – 25. The rest will be delivered in February. Following this purchase the overall railroad car fleet of Ferrexpo now exceeds 2600 pieces. (Ukrainian metal)
A powerful explosion occurred on January 29 at the coal distillation shop of the Dneprovsky By-Product Coke Plant in the town of Kamenskoye. A gas and oxygen mixture exploded in the three-storey building, and the bitumen caught fire. As a result of the explosion 5 people got burns of various severity and were taken to…