Last week the price of one ounce of gold decreased by 19.89 manats or by 0.81%. Accordingly, the average price of one ounce of gold stood at 2,414.9877 manats. The price of one ounce of silver increased by 0.0871 manats or by 0.31%, to 27.8543 manats. The price of one ounce of platinum grew by…
Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) is considering launching a $100-150-million plant producing grain-oriented electrical steel in India, a company spokesperson said in a statement. “The project is in progress. We are considering locating a part of the grain-oriented electrical steel business. Investment can amount to $100-150 million. The decision has not been made yet,” the…
In June Ukraine produced 1.659 million tons of steel, down by 3% YoY. Still, the 13th place among world steel manufacturers has been retained. China traditionally ranked first with 87.5 million tons, up by 10%. In January-June Ukraine produced 10.93 million tons of steel, up by 5.2%, which qualified for the 13th place as well.…
In January-June Tajikistan increased coal mining by 18% YoY. 93% of coal is extracted at the pits. In H1 717.4 thousand tons of coal were sold, including 424 thousand tons to the heat and power plant No. 2. Exports decreased by 63.5%. (Ukrainian metal)
In May Russia imported 1.1 tons of tantalum, including scrap, up by 172.7% MoM, but down by 0.7% YoY. Deliveries from Kazakhstan grew 2-fold, to 774 kg, and from China – more than 5-fold, to 201 kg. In 5 months tantalum imports totaled 3.6 tons, down by 35% YoY. In monetary terms since the start…
Russian Copper Company, the initiator of the Tomino Mining and Processing Works construction in Chelyabisnk region, intends to discuss the project corrections with the local dwellers. On August 5 the company will present the results of the assessment of the GOK environment impact. One of the leaders of the StopGOK movement Vsailiy Moskovets claims that…
In January-June the net profit of VSMPO-Avisma increased by 47%, to 12.828 billion rubles. The increase is due to the drop of the dollar exchange rate by 9%. The company revenue grew by 10%, to 42.273 billion rubles. Sales did not change and totaled 15 thousand tons of titanium. (Ukrainian metal)
In April-June Rusal increased aluminum sales by 20.8% QoQ, to 1.082 million tons. The increase is due, among other things, to the sales of stocks accumulated during the sanctions. At the same time, the company experts believe the trade war between US and China has resulted in the drop in aluminum demand. Rusal fears the…
