In January-October Ukraine exported 2 million tons of pig iron valued at $645.3 million, down by 20% and by 26.7% YoY respectively. According to the State Tax Service, in October Ukraine exported 505.2 thousand tons of pig iron valued at $234.6 million. The main customers were the USA (59.69%), Italy (13.6%) and Turkey (8.6%). (Ukrainian…
A silver-containing ore anomaly with the length of 3 km and width of 500 meters has been found in Yakutia, on the Kyunkyunyur site. NGGMK Capital LLC is the owner of the license to develop silver ore deposit at the site. Silver contents are estimated at 2.5 to 14.2 thousand g per ton. (Ukrainian metal)
In August Russia imported 2.3 thousand tons of aluminum wastes and scrap, up by 9.6% MoM and by 23.3% YoY. Deliveries from Kazakhstan increased by 28%, to 1.4 thousand tons. Imports from the USA dropped from 706 tons to 410 tons. In 8 months imports totaled 18.7 thousand tons, down by 24% YoY. In monetary…
Tula-Steel is gradually reaching its design capacity and mastering new types and sizes of the rolled metal. Since the start of the manufacture in May the company has produced over 250 thousand tons of bars. The company has mastered the manufacture of A500S rebars according to GOST 34028-2016 with the diameter of 12, 16, 18,…
Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works has received a permission from the Russian Ministry of Economical Development to resume purchasing coal from Severstal Management. In November the Russian company will supply 3 types of coal concentrate manufactured by Vokrutaugol with the combined volume of 70 thousand tons. The previous purchase was in early summer. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-October Ukraine exported 727.54 thousand tons of ferroalloys, down by 3.6% YoY, valued at $797.3 million, down by 3.7%. According to the customs statistics, in October ferroalloy exports reached $63.9 million. In 10 months the main importers were Turkey (16.9%), Italy (15.9%) and the Netherlands (9.8%). (Ukrainian metal)
Nikolayev Shipbuilding Works “Ocean” has ordered Metinvest Group 1.2 thousand tons of shipbuilding steel, 900 tons of which will be used in the construction of two barges for Eurubulk. The length of the vessels will be 79 meters and the width – 9.6 meters. The other 300 tons will be used for another contract. Metinvest…
Coal prices grew by 244.61 soms per ton, or by 5.7%, in October 2019 compared to September, the National Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan reported. The price of coal grew the most in Jalal-Abad (by 552.91 soms, or by 12.6%), Nookat (by 244.51 soms, or by 3.4%) and Bishkek (by 229.44 soms, or by 5.8%). An…
In January-September the net profit of Ksenievskiy Priisk totaled 1.103 billion rubles, up by 197.4% YoY. Revenue grew 2-fold, to 3.751 billion rubles. Sales profit went up by 146.9%, to 1.568 billion rubles. As of October 1 the company has extracted 1334 kg of gold, up by 23 kg YoY. The debt totaled 386.434 million…
In January-October Western-Siberian Railroad transported 260.9 million tons of cargo, down by 0.4% YoY. Coal accounted for 199.7 million tons, down by 1.6%. Transportation of iron and manganese ore grew by 16.4%, to 7.4 million tons, and ferrous metals – by 6.8%, to 5.9 million tons. At the same time coke transportation dropped by 8.2%,…
In January-October Octyabrskaya Railroad transported 737.5 thousand containers, up by 8.6% YoY. Locally 359.5 thousand containers were transported, up by 7.4%, in transit – 15 thousand, down by 12.6%, for export – 125.7 thousand, down by 11.9%%, and 237 thousand containers were imported, up by 28.5%. In particular, non-ferrous metals ore accounted for 12.3 thousand…
In January-October Druza LLC produced 988.5 kg of gold at its deposits in Irkutsk region, up by 15% YoY. Alluvial gold output totaled 3.2 kg, down from 98.6 kg last year. Ore gold output grew by 30%. This year the company intended to extract 960 kg of gold. So far, the manufacturing plan has been…
Bratsk Aluminum Works has commissioned the second gas-purification unit this year. The first unit started operating on February 1. The efficiency of the units is 99.8%. In December another gas-purification unit will be put into operation. (Ukrainian metal)
The state agency on subsoil use has announced an auction for the tungsten-iron-copper ore deposit in Sverdlovsk region. The initial price is 2.137 billion rubles. The territory includes the Volkovskoye deposit. The B and C1 ore reserves are estimated at 115.9018 million tons and C2 – 9.859 million tons. The license will be valid for…
Last week the price of one ounce of gold decreased by over 72.2 manats ($42.5) or by 2.8%. Accordingly, the average price of one ounce of gold stood at 2,537 manats ($1,492). The price of one ounce of silver dropped by over 1.8 manats ($1.1) or by 6.1%, to 30 manats ($17.6). The price of…