In June Dneprospetsstal decreased steel output by 10.8% MoM, to 16.4 thousand tons. Rolled metal output fell by 7.6%, to 12.6 thousand tons. The value of the goods produced in June decreased by 14.5%, to 662.9 million UAH. In January-June DSS decreased steel output by 15.8% YoY, to 107.2 thousand tons, and rolled metal –…
Satka Pig Iron Works intends to buy 100% of voting shares of the Kosaya Gora Iron and Steel Works. The companies produce pig iron and ferromanganese. They are the two largest ferromanganese suppliers on the Russian market. KMZ estimated the market at 154.8 thousand tons and called SChPZ its main competitor. The SChPZ share was…
In January-June Russky Ugol sold 515 thousand tons of Krasnoyarsk region coal, up by 4% YoY. The coal was mined in the Sayano-Partizanskiy Pit. The growth of sales is due to the increase of exports. Three fourths of the Krasnoyarsk coal is exported. In 2018, for the first time ever, Sayano-Partizanskiy Pit coal output exceeded…
In January-June Petropavlovsk increased gold sales by 12% YoY, to 225.1 thousand ounces. Dore gold output grew by 15%, to 225 thousand ounces. In particular, in Q2 the company produced 117.3 thousand ounces of gold and sold 117.5 thousand ounces. The production forecast for this year is 450-500 thousand ounces of gold. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June the net loss of Mechel totaled 352.683 million rubles, down 22.3-fold YoY. Revenue grew 1.6-fold, to 9.813 billion rubles. Gross profit increased 1.6-fold, to 9.795 billion rubles. Sales profit was 9.039 billion rubles, up 1.6-fold. (Ukrainian metal)
The Commercial court of appeals has ruled to recover from ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih the debt for the land lease. The company was not paying full land lease in 2017-2018. The court ruled to recover the debt from one of the four sites. The next session of the court will be held on September 9. (Ukrainian…
In May Russia imported 113.9 tons of raw copper, up by 100.9% MoM and by 0.1% YoY. In 5 months imports dropped by 58% YoY, to 622.6 tons. Since the start of the year in monetary terms imports have decreased by 53.9%. In May import prices dropped by 10.7%, to $14.1 per kg. (Ukrainian metal)
This washing season Diana LLC intends to extract 100 kg of gold. The company is operating its only license site in the Rodionovsky Brook valley in Magadan region. The washing season started on May 20. So far the company has obtained 45 kg of gold, down by 30% YoY. The washing season will end in…