In January Electrostal in Donetsk region was still idle. In January 2018 the company produced 27 thousand tons of continuous cast billet. In December 2018 the company was also idle, but in November it produced 12 thousand tons of billets and in October – 33 thousand tons. The reason of such a situation is the…
In January NLMK-Ural shipped 105.7 thousand tons of metal via railroad. This is down by 10.6% MoM, and by 1.8% YoY. Sales to local companies totaled 70.4 thousand tons (-17.1%, +23.8%), while exports – 35.3 (+6%, -30.3%). (Ukrainian metal)
In January Amur region extracted 1445.9 kg of gold, down by 6.3% YoY, Petropavlovsk was the main miner, having extracted 1252.9 kg of gold. In particular, Malomyrsky rudnik LLC yielded 503 kg of gold, Albynsky rudnik LLC – 487.7 kg and Pokrovskiy rudnik LLC – 262.2 kg. The rest was mined by Berezitoviy rudnik LLC…
In January Priisk Solovievskiy extracted 53 kg of gold, down by 37% YoY. At present the company is developing the Solovievskoye deposit in Amur region. Alluvial gold extraction will start in early May. In 2018 Priisk Solovievskiy yielded 3.1 tons of ore and alluvial gold. (Ukrainian metal)
In January Magadan region extracted 2199.9 kg of ore gold and 53.5 tons of silver, Gold output grew by 67% YoY, mostly because of the growth of capacities at Pavlik and Natalka mining and processing works. Silver extraction dropped by 1.1%. This year the region intends to mine 40 tons of gold, up by 8.7%…
Boguslavets LLC intends to put the Malo-Tarynskoye gold ore deposit in operation and produce the first gold in spring 2020. This year prospecting work will continue. Design and construction of the manufacturing site will also be carried out this year. After commissioning the annual output is planned on the level of 2 tons of gold.…
In January Russia produced 4.4 million tons of pig iron, down by 4% YoY and by 1.4% MoM. According to Rosstat, rolled metal output dropped by 4.5% MoM, to 5.1 million tons. Pipe manufacturers decreased output by 7.7% YoY and by 10.7% MoM, to 0.882 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In January Ukrainian by-product coke plants imported 1.01 million tons of coking coal and coal concentrate, down by 2% MoM, but up by 11% YoY. In December 2018 coal imports totaled 1.03 million tons, as in November 2018. Local coal deliveries dropped by 8% MoM and by 9% YoY, to 250 thousand tons. In general,…