In January-June, Ukraine produced 160.1 thousand tons of metal structures, down by 30.7% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, the manufacture of prefabricated construction structures of pig iron and steel decreased by 25.8%, to 18.9 thousand tons. The output of structures made of sheet metal dropped by 14.5%, to 50.4 thousand tons. Ukraine also…
In January-June, Kazakhstan extracted 11.4 million tons of gold-containing ore, down by 3% YoY. The mining of gold-containing concentrate amounted to 198.5 thousand tons. Production of raw and semi-raw gold, as well as gold powder grew by 11.2%, to 53.5 tons. Refined gold manufacture totaled 30.4 tons. Tau-Ken Samruk produced 7 tons of gold. This…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih CEO Mauro Longobardo declared that he was mulling the possibility of buying electricity directly from nuclear power plants. According to him, recently it has become clear, that electricity tariffs in Ukraine are higher than in Europe. “Now we buy electricity from traders following auctions. But there have been some shifts on behalf…