In the first quarter of this year, the production of crude steel in Kazakhstan decreased by 2.7% YoY, to 1.1 million tons. Karaganda region provided 965,000 tons or 85% of the total production, down by 3.7%. Within a general decline in the production of crude steel, the production of unalloyed steel decreased by 2.7%, while…
In 2018 Khabarovsk region yielded 24.8 tons of gold, up by 7% YoY. Tin output grew 1.5-fold, to 1.5 thousand tons. Mining companies paid 6.97 billion rubles of taxes to the regional budget, up by 9%. Investments in the industry totaled 22.2 billion rubles. This year the region intends to produce 24.9 tons of gold,…
In 2019 VSMPO-Avisma investment plan will exceed 13 billion rubles. According to the company statement, some 2 billion rubles will be spent on the modernization of machinery in the smelting shops Nos. 31 and 32. The development of the sheet-rolling shop No. 16 will receive 3.2 billion rubles, stamping and forging complex of the shop…
In January-March, Kangalassky Pit (Yakutugol) increased coal output by 7% YoY, to 136 thousand tons. The enterprise is participating in the state program to provide the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) housing and municipal enterprises with coal during winter. “Last year the pit increased excavation works by 23%, which enabled us not only to exceed the…
Inaglinsky Mining and Processing Works (Kolmar) is actively constructing the Inaglinskaya-2 factory with the capacity of 12 million tons of coal per year. At present metal structures of the main premises of the factory are being assembled. So far, 400 tons of structures out of 2700 tons have been assembled. The first stage of the…
In January-February, according to the customs statistics, Kazakhstan exported 138 thousand tons of steel pipes and rolled metal, down by 44.5% YoY. Unalloyed rolled steel accounted for 73% of exports, down by 54%, plates – 57% (-50%) and the rest – coated steel (-43%). Some 25% of exports accounted for pipes, up by 23%. The…
In 2018, Belarus Iron and Steel Works received Br3 billion of net revenue, up by 32.7% YoY. Sales profit grew by 77.4%, to Br247.3 million. As a result net profit totaled Br300 thousand as opposed to a loss of Br3.2 million in 2017. Debt increased by Br32.6 million to Br985.96 million. (Ukrainian metal)
NLMK Group, a vertically integrated steelmaker, has published its Q1 2019 financial results. Group revenue decreased by 5% QoQ, to $2.87 billion, amid lower average sales prices. Year-on-year, the revenue increased by 3% thanks to a higher sales volume (+11%), which was offset by lower average sales prices. EBITDA totaled $695 million (-18% QoQ; -14%…