In January, Russia imported 28.3 thousand tons of chrome ore and concentrate, down by 50% MoM and by 59% YoY. Price grew from $157 to $184 per ton Deliveries from Kazakhstan dropped by 49%, to 25.5 thousand tons, and from South Africa – by 70%, to 157 tons. At the same time purchases from Pakistan…
In January, Russia exported 18.9 thousand tons of lead ore and concentrate, down by 56% MoM. Price grew by 4%, to $1722 per ton. Deliveries to China dropped almost 4-fold, to 10.1 thousand tons. At the same time sales to Kazakhstan increased from 947 tons to 1.5 thousand tons and to Korea – from 3…
In January-February, Ukrzaliznytsia increased iron ore, manganese ore and scrap transportation by 8% YoY. In particular, transportation of iron and manganese ore grew by 8.1%, ferrous metals – by 0.1% and scrap – by 8.7%. At the same time transportation of coke fell by 22.7%. According to the State Statistics Service, the dynamics of scrap…
In January, Russia exported 7.6 thousand tons of ferrochrome, down by 26% MoM and by 35% YoY. Price dropped from $1002 per ton to $989 per ton. Deliveries to the Netherlands fell by 49%, to 3.4 thousand tons, and to Japan – from 2.3 thousand tons to 40 tons. At the same time sales to…
The firemen were able to extinguish fire at the Dmitrov Pilot Works of Aluminum and Combined Belt warehouse. The fire started on March 21 and was extinguished the next day. The area of the fire was 33 thousand square meters. As a result of the fire the roof of one building collapsed. The warehouse stored…
The Agency of the Far East on investment attraction and export support has offered the Canadian Kinross Gold Corporation to take part in prospecting on the territory of Magadan region. The agency presented two gold-bearing sites to the company. Balance reserves of gold in the region are estimated at 376.7 tons. 32 companies own licenses…
Last week, Boksit Timana mined the 50-millionth ton of ore since the company started developing the Sredne-Timanskiy bauxite mine. With the help of investment program the enterprise received a new canteen, two dormitories, a hangar and warehouses. The miners are provided with work for the next 25 years. (Ukrainian metal)
According to the ArcelorMittal Temirtau CEO Biju Nair, the company suspends operation of all its contractors. “We have two goals: to preserve the health of our employees and keep machinery. We expect serious difficulties with sales, as Nur-Sultan and Almaty have been closed”, he declared at a meeting. The CEO ordered directors of shops and…
