In January-March, Ukraine increased nickel and nickel wares imports by 3.4%, to $24.133 million ($8.338 million in March) and lead by 11.8%, to $3.193 million (0.918 million), but decreased aluminum imports by 4.4%, to $78.6 million ($27.829 million), tin by 38%, to $0.809 million ($450 thousand) and zinc by 43.1%, to $12.237 million ($4.986 million).…
In January-March, Ukraine increased copper and copper wares imports by 30.1%YoY, to $27.419 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, in March $11.753 million worth of copper and copper wares were imported. At the same time, exports decreased by 57.4%, to $19.412 million. In March Ukraine exported $7.739 million worth of copper and wares. (Ukrainian…
Stainless steel consumption in 2018 grew by 5.8% YoY, to 499.2 thousand tons. In 2017 the growth was 13.9%. Local production of stainless steel last year totaled 121,846 tons, up by 2.1%. In particular, Russia produced 22,483 tons of flat rolled steel, with Krasniy Octyabr accounting for some 56%. Bars output reached 55,954 tons (ZEMZ…
In January-March Yakovlevsky Mining and Processing Works increased iron ore output by 64% YoY, to 410 thousand tons. The enterprise also shipped 149.1 thousand tons of ore. The underground machinery fleet was enlarged with two cutter-loaders and a self-propelled boring machine. The crushing and sorting factory has completed the first stage of modernization with a…
In 2019 the Kekura deposit in Chukotka Autonomous District is expected to start yielding gold. The license to develop the deposit is owned by Bazovyye metally, a part of HGM. As of January 1, 2018 the JORC reserves totaled 2 million ounces of gold with an average content of 7 g per ton. Mineral resources…
An investment project is currently being implemented in the sheet-rolling shop No. 1 of ArcelorMittal Temirtau. It is intended to switch to the horizontal transportation of hot-rolled coils. The project will improve shipping options and working conditions. The cost of the project is $30 million. A similar project in the sheet-rolling shop No. 1 started…
The bar-rolling shop No. 2 of BMZ has shipped 1.5-millionth ton of metal. The anniversary batch of bars for machine-building was sent to Belmet, Austria. The shop is the youngest department of BMZ. Its first products were exported in March 2015. In February 2018 the shop reached the export level of 1 million tons. In…
In January-March, Yerkovetsky pit mined 42 thousand tons of coal more than last year. The capacity of the pit is expected to increase to 2.5 million tons of coal per year. The Yerkovetsky Coal Pit was commissioned in 1991. (Ukrainian metal)