The railway wheel production by Vyksa Steel Works, a part of United Metallurgical Company (OMK), increased by 11% YoY, to 951,000 in 2019, the company said in a statement on January 20. Exports to the non-CIS states fell by 66.7%, the company said without disclosing absolute figures. The share of foreign contracts in the portfolio…
In the fourth quarter of 2019 the total production volume of the Anglo Asian Mining PLC gold mining company operating in Azerbaijan increased by 1.7%, to 82,800 ounces in gold equivalent (81,400 ounces in 2018). Gold production amounted to 70,100 ounces, which down by 3.7%. At the same time, copper production amounted to 2.2 tons,…
According to the decree of the President of Uzbekistan dated January 9, until the end of the year the Tashkent Agricultural Machinery Works will start producing pig iron castings. In December the first stage of the manufacture with the capacity of 12 thousand tons of castings per year and the investments of $16.3 million will…
In November 2019 Russia exported 2 thousand tons of ferrotitanium, down by 7.4% MoM, but up by 35% YoY. Deliveries to the Netherlands have dropped from 15.5 tons to 15.2 tons. Sales to China decreased by 61%, to 106 tons, and to Germany – by 13%, to 162 tons. In 11 months of 2019 exports…
Kinross Gold has finalized the deal to purchase a project to develop the Chulbatkan deposit in Khabarovsk region from N-Mining Limited fir $283 million. The ore will be processed by ways of heap leaching. This year Kinross will invest some $10 million in prospective drilling. Estimated reserves of the deposit are 3.9 million ounces of…
Russian metals and mining group Mechel has decided not to exercise its preemptive right to buy a 49% stake in the Elga coal deposit from Gazprombank and may also sell its 51% stake in the project. Gazprombank said in August 2019 that it had received an offer of purchase of a 49% stake in the…
The critical situation at the Mine named after Saint Matrona has been discussed in Donetsk region. Representatives of the trade unions met with the authorities of Toretsk town. The wage arrears, electricity provision as well as future operation of the enterprise have been discussed. The mine employs 457 people. For the past two months no…