In January-November Ukraine produced 1.56 million tons of manganese concentrate, up by 11.5% YoY. The increase is due to Pokrovsky Mining and Processing Works output growth of 22.7%, to 1.07 million tons. At the same time Marganets GOK decreased output by 7%, to 487.5 thousand tons. In 11 months Ukraine produced 899.3 thousand tons of…
Transportation of imported alumina via the Far Eastern Railroad in 2019 will grow by 30.5% YoY, to 300 thousand tons. The cargo is transported to Rusal aluminum plants in Siberia. Previously alumina was transported via the Vanino port. Alumina transportation contributed a lot to an increase in the railroad overall transportation, which grew by 15%.…
The Rostec state corporation will receive a third part of the project to extract gold in Irkutsk region. Analysts find it difficult to estimate the cost of the project, which is still on the level of prospecting, but consider it attractive, taking into account the high gold content in ore. Rostec will receive 35% in…
In November Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works produced the maximum monthly amount of metal at the continuous hot-dip galvanizing machine No. 4 – 31,027 tons. These products are in high demand in construction, machine-building and lightweight metal structures manufacture. The galvanized rolled metal with trivalent chrome coating had a high share in orders. In November…
In November the Federal Cargo Company increased metal transportation in gondola cars by 10% YoY. In particular, ferrous metals transportation reached 1.1 million tons, and other metals – 200 thousand tons. The share of metal in the FCC transportation amounted to 12%. The main railroads in ferrous metals transportation were South-Urals (270 thousand tons, up…
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has been named one of the top ten most environmentally responsible metals and mining companies in Russia in 2019, according to a rating compiled by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Russia and the National Rating Agency. The company ranked particularly high in the environmental impact category, where it shared the…
In October Russia exported 1.8 thousand tons of raw chrome, up by 36% MoM and YoY. Deliveries to US grew from 332 tons to 348 tons, and to the Netherlands – by a third, to 1.2 thousand tons. In 10 months exports totaled 15.8 thousand tons, on par with last year. In monetary terms since…
In October Russia imported 40 tons of molybdenum including scrap, up by 56% MoM and by 217% YoY. Deliveries from China grew from 17.5 tons to 28 tons, and from Germany – by 76%, to 11 tons. In 10 months imports totaled 287 tons, up by 6% YoY. In monetary terms since the start of…