Fineurovector LLC and Alfa Kros LLC have announced their intention to buy respectively 24.5667% and 24.95% of the Kremenchuk Steel Works, a part of TAS Group. At present the companies own no shares of KSZ. As of Q2 Sertako Limited owned 29.0254%, Devisal Limited – 17.1879% and Defano Investments Ltd – 48.4421%. All these companies…
In August Russia imported 84 thousand tons of manganese ore and concentrate, down by 27.6% MoM, but up by 28% YoY. Deliveries from South Africa decreased 2.5-fold, to 33.7 thousand tons. Imports from Kazakhstan and Gabon grew by 40% and by 68% MoM, to 19.3 and 30.1 thousand tons respectively. In January-August imports totaled 720…
Prospectors have discovered a new promising gold-quartz-sulfide and gold-quartz Baukomskaya field in the mountainous parts of the Zakkadon River valley in the Republic of North Osetia – Alania. The R3 reserves on the area of 18 square km are estimated at 213 tons with gold content of 1.78 g per ton. The R1 potential could…
In July-September Evraz decreased steel output by 3.4% QoQ, to 3.38 million tons. In North America sales dropped by 13.2%, to 427 thousand tons. In 9 months the figure grew by 1.9%, to 1.421 million tons. Overall steel output in January-September increased by 4.5%, to 10.366 million tons. Steel sales in Q3 went up by…
In January-September Kamensk-Uralskiy Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works increased sales. In particular, sales of the copper-nickel rolled metal grew by 60% YoY and bronze – by 13%. Brass electric discharge wire sales under the company own brand of Brasston went up by 16%. The main customers are Russian enterprises, as well as companies from Belarus and…
This year the Plamya miners team, operating in the Republic of Sakha, extracted 170 kg of alluvial gold, down by 110 kg from the target. The output decreased because of the thinning of reserves at licenses sites and the late start of the washing season. The company operated at the Komagin and Sygynakh sites from…
Metinvest has cleared its $75-million debt of pre-export financing in advance. Now the company debt amounts to $406 million. “This move demonstrates our attention to servicing our debt and relieves Metinvest of paying planned amounts of the main debt for the next several months, which will provide us with a financial flexibility during the steel…
In July-September Norilsk Nickel increased nickel output by 7% QoQ, to 57 thousand tons. In 9 months output grew by 6%, to 167 thousand tons. The volume of nickel produced of the company own raw materials went up by 6%, to 164 thousand tons. Copper output in Q3 dropped by 3% QoQ, to 121 thousand…