Tajikistan: Pakrut to increase gold output

The Ministry of Industry and New Technologies is calling on the Tajik-Iranian gold-extracting company Pakrut to increase output and processing. Since 2014 Pakrut has been fully owned by China Nonferrous Metal International Mining Co., Ltd. The first gold ingots were produced in early 2017. The same year the Pakrut mine was damaged by snow avalanches.…

Uzbekistan: coal prices to be optimized

While discussing the coal industry development, the President of Uzbekistan ordered the Ministry of Finances and Energy to optimize coal prices in order to improve the industry profitability and cover investment expenses. Even with the high potential of the coal deposits, the plans to mine coal have not been met lately. The technical and technological…

Russia: ChTPZ increases tube-drawing bench capacity

The ChTPZ group has carried out an investment project to modernize the manufacturing complex of the cold-deformed pipes, New Prestar machinery to treat stainless pipes has been assembled at the Pervouralsky Pipe Works. Investments exceeded 15 million rubles. The new machine provides for faster and more precise cutting of pipes with diameter of 83 to…