In January-June, Ukraine increased steel output by 7.5% YoY, to 10.86 million tons. Pig iron manufacture grew by 8.1%, to 10.79 million tons, and rolled metal – by 6.6%, to 9.63 million tons. In 2020, Ukraine produced 20.549 million tons of steel, down by 1.4% YoY, 18.344 million tons of rolled metal, up by 0.7%,…
In January-June, Druza LLC, developing deposits in Irkutsk region, extracted 472.6 kg of gold. All the gold was extracted at the Nevskoye deposit. Last year, the company produced 522.6 kg of gold at the deposit. This year, the output target is set at 895 kg, down by 16% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Chief Executive Officer of Glencore International AG Ivan Glasenberg and thanked the company for the contribution to the development of Kazakhstan’s mining industry. The First President of Kazakhstan noted efficient work of Kazzinc LLP, the general investor in which was Glencore International AG. He stressed that Kazzinc took an active part…
In May, average wages in the mining and metal industry increased. Ferrous metallurgy enterprises witnessed the largest growth – by 8%, to 20.1 thousand UAH. At by-product coke plants the average salary was 20.2 thousand UAH (+5%), at pipe companies – 15.1 thousand UAH (+2.1%), at mining enterprises – 19.2 thousand UAH (+3.1%), in non-ferrous…