In January-August Kazakhstan produced 313.3 thousand tons of copper, up by 11.8% YoY. Zinc output grew by 1.6%, to 216 thousand tons. At the same time non-ferrous metals ore mining decreased. Thus, zinc concentrate output dropped by 28.7%, to 153.3 thousand tons, and bauxite mining by 20.1%, to 2.8 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In July Russia imported 3 thousand tons of raw zinc, down by 36% MoM, but up by 347.2% YoY. Deliveries from Kazakhstan totaled 2 thousand tons, down by 43% MoM. Imports from Peru dropped from 200 tons to 303 kg. At the same time purchases in Uzbekistan grew by 38%, to 839 tons. In January-July…
In July Russia exported 37.6 thousand tons of ferrosilicon, up by 40% MoM and by 13% YoY. Deliveries to Turkey grew 2-fold, to 5.7 thousand tons, to Japan – by 32%, to the Netherlands – by 60% and to Korea by 16%, to 16, 3.8 and 5.7 thousand tons respectively. Exports in January-July totaled 224.8…
Members of the Kirovograd region state administration have refused to approve of a special permit to develop the Central and Southern sites of the Kapitanskoye deposit of chromium ore to Mine Extraction LLC. The size of the deposit, situated on the arable lands of the Kapitanka village and partially under the village, is 9 ha.…