Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev has met with Scott Perry, President and CEO of Centerra Gold Inc., and some members of the Board of Directors of the Canadian company. During the meeting, issues of the company’s activities and prospects for deepening cooperation in the interest of further improving the efficiency of the Kumtor mine…
In January-June Kuzbassrazrezugol mined 22.9 million tons of coal, including 2.8 million tons of coking coal. The output is within the planned volumes. Mine stripping totaled 189 million cubic meters, up by 10% YoY. 20 million tons of coal were shipped to the customers, up by 1% from the target. In particular, exports grew by…
Status LLC and its daughter company Orotukanskaya Alluvial Company LLC are developing alluvial gold sites in Magadan region. This year they intend to extract at least 1 ton of gold. The companies started the washing season in early May. So far they have obtained 535 kg of gold, up by 10% YoY. Last year the…
For the sixth year in a row Russia has been retaining the third position in the world ranking of gold extraction, following China and Australia. In 2018 Russia extracted 329.9 tons of gold, up by 3.7% YoY. The leading positions in Russia are held by Krasnoyarsk and Magadan regions, as well as the Republic of…
Artem Akinfiyev has been appointed Severstal Russian Steel pipe manufacture director – Izhorsky Pipe Works general manager. He started his work with Severstal as a mechanic-repairman at Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. From May 2017 till July 2019 he has been Severstal – Bar Works Balakovo CEO. Dmitriy Pokrovskiy, who has been managing ITZ until…
In April-June Metalloinvest increased iron ore output by 4.8% QoQ, to 10.063 million tons. The increase is due to the processing of a better quality ore as well as the decrease in repair time of machinery. Pellets manufacture went up by 5.7%, to 7.23 million tons, and hot-briquetted/directly reduced iron – by 0.4%, to 2.029…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has opened a new metal warehouse in the city of Dnipro. The warehouse is situated on the left bank of the river Dnipro close to a traffic intersection and railroad. The site is expected to sell some 5 thousand tons of metal each month. The warehouse can store up to 10 thousand…
In January-June iron ore manufacture at Metinvest enterprises grew by 3% YoY, to 14.454 million tons. In Q2 concentrate output increased by 1% QoQ, to 7.25 million tons, mostly due to the growth of output at SevGOK by 87 thousand tons, which compensated for the drop of 41 thousand tons at InGOK. Pellets manufacture increased…
