In 2018 Vostsibugol, developing coal deposits in Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk region, mined 15.5 million tons of coal, up by 12.3% YoY. The output at Cheremkhovsky pit was 4.6 million tons, up by 22%. Tulunugol pit yielded 7.5 million tons, up by 10%. Coal extraction at Zheronsky pit grew by 19%, to 861 thousand tons. 2.6…
In 2018 GRK Darkhan LLC, developing the Kirchenovskoye deposit in Zabaikalye, sold 327.3 kg of gold and 17 tons of silver, up 1.9-fold and 2.5-fold YoY respectively. The increase is due to the growth of ore processing. While in 2017 Darkhan processed 83 thousand tons of ore, in 2018 it processed 303.1 thousand tons. Revenue…
In January Tulachermet set a new record on monthly pig iron output operating just two blast furnaces. Last month the company produced 216.768 thousand tons of pig iron, having exceeded the target by 8.768 thousand tons. The previous record was set in December 2018 – 215.24 thousand tons. Tulachermet has been steadily increasing pig iron…
Some 300 miners have blocked the Vinnichenko street in Lviv, where the Lviv regional state administration is situated. They demand clearing salary debts. Prior to that the miners have marched through the central streets of the city. They claim they have so far received only half of their December 2018 salary, and nothing for January.…
The metal companies are prepared to invest in the state system of education. According to Metinvest director on personnel Alexander Pimkin, at present the state does not do all the necessary things to reform the education system. “The approach to and the volumes of financing on behalf of the state are not enough”, he said.…
In January Energomashspetsstal produced and shipped a gondola frame for the Atomwind-Kramatorsk wins plant at the order of Furlender Windtechnology LLC. The weight of the casting is 33.7 tons. This is the third frame manufactured under the project. In February EMSS will ship another frame. The contract was concluded in 2018. According to it, EMSS…
Technoinvest Alliance has once again postponed the terms of launching the mining and processing works on the basis of the largest rare-earth metals deposit in Russia (Zashikhinskoye) – this time to late 2023. The terms have been postponed since 2014. Initially it was intended to start the construction of the works with the capacity of…
In 2019 Vorkutaugol will increase investments in development by 18% YoY, to 6.2 billion rubles. Most of the funds – 2.7 billion rubles – will be spent to replace outdated mining and processing machinery, as well as cargo and passenger transport. The construction of the ventilation shaft No. 4 at the Zapolyarnaya mine, the ventilation…