In January-March, Sukhaya Balka decreased iron ore output by 1.8% YoY, to 672 thousand tons. In March, the mine produced 218 thousand tons of ore. Last year, the enterprise produced 2.727 million tons of iron ore, down by 0.3% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March, KAZ Minerals produced 74.9 thousand tons of copper, up by 7% YoY. Gold output grew by 27.6%, to 55.4 thousand ounces, and silver – by 18%, to 739 thousand ounces. Aktogai Mining and Processing Works mined 12.556 million tons of ore, up by 14%, and produced 27.2 thousand tons of copper, down by…
In March, wages at metal companies increased by 17.7%, to 17,329 UAH on average. Salaries also grew at ore mining companies (by 0.8%, to 16,997 UAH), manufacturing coke (+1.4%, to 17,543 UAH), pipes and sections (+2.2%, to 13,266 UAH), precious and non-ferrous metals (+0.9%, 10,606 UAH). Ferrous metals enterprises had the largest growth of 22%,…