As of September, debts to state miners have reached 900 million UAH. According to the chairman of the Confederation of Independent Unions and the Independent Miners’ Union Mikhail Volynets, in October the debt will grow to 1.3 billion UAH. “And the trend of the debt growth will persist. The miners will be forced to strike”,…
In July Russia imported 45.3 thousand tons of flat galvanized rolled metal, down by 42% YoY and by 32% MoM. In 7 months imports dropped by 8%, to 384.2 thousand tons. China accounted for 31.5% of deliveries, up by 50%. The average sale price was $730 per ton without VAT. It is followed by Kazakhstan…
In January-June over 430 employees resigned from Centrougol coal enterprise, which included 5 mines. The enterprise is managed by authorities of the Lugansk People’s Republic, the terrorist organization created and supported by Russia. The reason of the employee flow is the chronic wage debts. So far the debts reach 1.5 million rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-August Zaporozhye Ferro Alloys Plant increased output by 9.1% YoY, to 177.66 thousand tons. In particular, the company produced 95.77 thousand tons of silicomanganese, up by 18%, 52.18 thousand tons of ferrosilicon, up by 2.7%, and 25.13 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 2.5%. Metallic manganese manufacture decreased by 10.2%, to 4.58 thousand tons.…
In January-August Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant decreased output by 4.4% YoY, to 510.03 thousand tons. In particular, silicomanganese manufacture dropped by 6.3%, to 468.52 thousand tons, but that of ferromanganese grew by 14.4%, to 29.71 thousand tons. The company has also increased the production of other ferroalloys – by 57.5%, to 11.8 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Polyus Aldan has extracted 5 tons of gold. This year the milestone was reached on September 20, a month earlier than in 2018. The output increased by 14% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June Trans-Siberian Gold Plc, developing the Asachinskoye gold deposit in Kamchatka, increased its revenue by 8.7% YoY, to $30 million. Gold sales grew by 7.8%, to 22.1 thousand ounces and silver – by 125%, to 69.3 thousand ounces. Capital investments dropped 2.4-fold, to $3.9 million. Profit increased 2.3-fold, to $6.1 million. As of June…
As of September 19, the Novaya miners team LLC, operating in the Republic of Sakha, Yakutia, has extracted 220 kg of gold. The company quota for the year is 150 kg. Operation at the main license site – Nizhnyaya Amunakta – started in late May. In 2018 the company extracted 224 kg of gold. (Ukrainian…