Ukraine: coke output down in January-November 2019

In January-November Ukrainian by-product coke plants decreased the 6% moisture metallurgical coke output by 5% YoY, to 8.545 million tons. In November the output decreased by 11% MoM, to 745 thousand tons. In December a slight increase is expected. In particular, in November Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works produced 187 thousand tons of coke, Azovstal…

Russia: KUZOTsM certified to supply welding wire to shipbuilders

KUZOTsM has been certified for the delivery of welding wire. The company produces 18 grades of welding wire according to GOST 16130-90 and three technical specifications (bronze, brass and copper-nickel alloys). The specialists of the Department of the shipbuilding industry have inspected the company. They witnessed the manufacture of welding wire and selected samples to…

Kyrgyzstan: politicization of incident at Kumtor to end badly

“You need to carefully approach investigation of incident at Kumtor, and not politicize this tragedy,” Ivan Ippolitov, a Russian expert on Central Asia at StanRadar.com said, commenting on possible consequences of the incident at the largest in Kyrgyzstan Kumtor gold mine. “Taking into account the fact that Kyrgyzstan’s long-standing unremitting public attention is riveted on…