In January Ingulets Mining and Processing Works increased iron ore concentrate output by 0.7% YoY, to 956.2 thousand tons. The iron content was 66.07%. The manufacturing plan has been 101.5% fulfilled. The enterprise mined 2.493 million tons of ore. In 2018 InGOK produced 10.923 million tons of iron ore concentrate, up by 6.5% YoY. (Ukrainian…
Gold, silver and platinum prices decreased in Azerbaijan on February 12. The price of gold dropped by 4.4115 manats, to 2,224.382 manats per ounce compared to the price on February 11. The price of silver fell by 0.0396 manats, to 26.7562 manats per ounce. The price of platinum went down by 8.908 manats to 1,340.348…
The board of directors of Polymetal International plc has approved of the Amur Iron and Steel Works-2 project and allowed the construction. The second line of the Amur Works autoclave department (Amur-2) will considerably increase the company ore reserves, amounting to some 55% of the overall reserves. The manufacture is expected to increase by 30-35…
Aleksandrinskaya Mining Company has won the right to develop the Salavatsky copper ore site in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The size of the site is 2.09 square km. The reserves are estimated at 208.7 million tons of ore and 992.6 thousand tons of copper with the average content of 0.48%. The company has to start…
In 2018 Karabashmed produced 139.2 thousand tons of raw copper, up by 12.5% YoY. Copper content was 99.2% with the target of 98.9%. Kyshtym Electrolytic Copper Plant produced 139.3 thousand tons of copper cathodes, up by 8%. In Q1 2018 the company commissioned two new rows of 40 electrolytic baths each, bringing the shop capacity…
In 2018 Izhstal exported 56 thousand tons of metal, up 1.5-fold YoY. In particular, exports to far foreign countries grew more than 3-fold, to 28 thousand tons, and to CIS – by 4%, to 28 thousand tons. Belarus is one of the priority export markets, accounting for 30% – last year Izhstal exported 17 thousand…
In January Ukraine exported 103.8 million tons of ferroalloys valued at $112.7 million, up by 28.4% MoM. The share of ferroalloys in the overall exports totaled 2.77%. 27 million tons, or 23.9%, were sold to Italy, 19.1 million tons (16.97%) to Turkey and 9.7 million tons (8.57%) to the Netherlands. In January Ukraine imported 2.7…
Vyksa Iron and Steel Works will assemble a new seamless pipes producing machine. The machinery will be supplied by Danieli. The design capacity of the machinery is 0.5 million tons of pipes per year. The commissioning is scheduled for 2021. (Ukrainian metal)
