Russia: zinc ore exports down in July 2019

In July Russia exported 16.9 thousand tons of zinc ore and concentrate, up by 33% MoM, but down by 51.4% YoY. Deliveries to China grew 2.5-fold, to 12.5 thousand tons, but to Kazakhstan dropped by 14%, to 4.4 thousand tons. In January-July exports totaled 139 thousand tons, down by 25% YoY. Since the start of…

Russia: Ferrum to increase warehouses

In Novosibirsk the Ferrum Group of Companies has 6 pipe-welding mills with the capacity of 21 thousand tons per month, 3 slitting mills of 30 thousand tons, 2 crosscutting machines of 7 thousand tons, automatic lines to produce 2 thousand tons of cold-rolled channel and angle, etc. At the site the company intends to develop…