In January-June wholesale of metal grew by 17.3% YoY, to 2.7 million tons, valued at 48.9 billion UAH, up by 10.3%. The growth is due to the changes in the trade, including exports, as the domestic market does not show such rates. Rolled metal consumption dropped by 5.17%, to 1.97 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Property of a major non-ferrous metals scrap processor Vtormet Industrial Company LLC has been put up for sale with the initial price of 2.5 billion rubles. All the property (11 automobiles, manufacturing machinery, secondary raw materials, scrap and wastes) are auctioned as a single lot. The debt of 387 million rubles is also included in…
In January-August Russia increased gold output by 21.8% YoY. According to the Rosstat, in August output grew by 23.4% YoY and by 19.7% MoM. The statistics service does not disclose detailed information on gold output. (Ukrainian metal)
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has commissioned new laboratory equipment to study the segregation of the furnace charge when it is loaded into the sintering machines. The equipment allows studying the processes by the height of the layer in detail. The machine was designed and produced by the specialists of the coke-sinter-blast furnace manufacture. It…
In July Russia imported 116 thousand tons of manganese ore, down by 11% MoM, but up by 19.3% YoY. Deliveries from South Africa and Kazakhstan decreased by 16% and by 18%, to 84.1 thousand tons and 13.8 thousand tons respectively. Gabon supplied 17.9 thousand tons, up by 40%. In 7 months imports totaled 636 thousand…
In July Russia exported 305 thousand tons of raw aluminum, up by 21.8% MoM and by 40.5% YoY. In 7 months exports totaled 1.9 million tons, up by 20.6% YoY. In monetary terms since the start of the year the exports have grown by 18.3%. Export prices in July dropped from $1680 to $1670 per…
Severniy Mining and Processing Works has spent over 1 billion UAH on modernization of its quarry machines. In particular, the Pervomaisky quarry received 2 BelAZ dump trucks and 1 Liebherr bulldozer. The latter will be used in the construction of new roads. In June 2 more BelAZs were added to the company fleet. Together they…
In July Russia exported 8.5 thousand tons of copper wire rod, up by 154% MoM, but down by 40% YoY. The increase is due to the growth of deliveries to Egypt to 3.1 thousand tons, and to Kuwait to 1.3 thousand tons. In 7 months exports totaled 74.6 thousand tons, down by 10.6% YoY. In…