Russia: NLMK steel output down in Q2 2019

Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) reduced its production of steel by 5% QoQ, to 3.992 million tons in April-June because of overhaul works at the blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace facilities, the company said in a statement on July 15. Loading fell to 96% from 98%, and consolidated sales shrank by 7%, to 5.268…

Russia: Olkon increases ore base

Olkon has purchased a license to develop the Central site of the South-Kakhozerskoye deposit. The site is situated close to quarries already under development. The reserves of the site are some 6.8 million tons of ore. The work on the Central quarry will begin in 2020. Two dump trucks, an EKG-12 excavator and a drilling…