In January-March, consolidated steel output by Evraz enterprises grew by 12.4% QoQ, to 3.5 million tons. The increase has to do with the growth of pig iron output following the capital repairs of the blast furnace No. 3 at Evraz ZSMK last year. Steel sales increased by 8.4%, with semi-finished products sales up by 29%.…
13 bodies of miners have been taken to the surface from the Skhidcarbon mine on the territory of the so-called Lugansk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and controlled by Russia. 4 more bodies remain lost. On April 25-26, the rescuers brought to the surface bodies of 5 miners, and then at the depth of…
In January-March, Zaporozhye Ferro Alloys Plant increased output by 13.6% YoY, to 67.3 thousand tons. In particular, silicomanganese manufacture grew by 18.2%, to 34.23 thousand tons, ferrosilicon – by 12%, to 21.9 thousand tons, and ferromanganese – by 6.6%, to 9.33 thousand tons. At the same time, the output of metallic manganese decreased by 6.6%,…
A document about revocation of a license for exploration of uranium in Issyk-Kul region was posted on the Internet. Users asked why the official letter was printed on crumpled paper and had no stamp. The document is dated April 27. The First Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Kubatbek Boronov, however, announced the revocation of the…
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev puts high hopes on construction of the second phase of Pavlodar-based Electrolysis Plant. “This project will enable us to attract 150 billion tenge of investments till 2023 and aluminum production will rise 2-fold,” Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said at the meeting with the staff of the plant. In his words, up to…
Ukraine is investigating whether a charitable foundation set up primarily to coordinate London-listed Ferrexpo Plc’s philanthropic activities was used to launder money and evade taxes. Officials of Blooming Land Charitable Foundation abused their powers to seek “illicit benefits”, damaging state interests, a Ukraine prosecutor said in a court filing in Kyiv in February. Blooming Land…
In January-March, Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) increased metal cargo transportation by 0.4% YoY, to 24.1 million tons. In particular, transportation of scrap dropped by 27.9%, to 500 thousand tons, of ferrous metals – by 5.4%, to 5 million tons, and coke – by 10.6%, to 1.1 million tons. At the same time, transportation of iron and…
At least 29,286 people have signed a petition against a project on development of Tash-Bulak field in Issyk-Kul region in a week. The collection of signatures continues. The author of the petition is Alena Khomenko. She invited everyone to sign the online petition. In just a couple of days, 15,000 people signed the online document.…