In January-May, Kazakhstan extracted 12.5 million tons of gold-containing ore, up by a third YoY, and 233 thousand tons of concentrate, up 1.5-fold. Output of raw and semi-finished gold reached 47 tons, up by 6.4%. In particular, refined gold accounted for 28.1 tons, up by 12%. (Ukrainian metal)
Dneprovskiy Iron and Steel Works has mastered the manufacture of SVP-17 mine props. The new product is used in making arched anchoring and is in demand on the market. DMZ has long been producing SVP-22, 27 and 33 props. Now it also has a lighter SVP-17 prop in its portfolio. These sections are suitable for…
In May, average salaries in metal and mining sectors decreased. Only pipe enterprises increased their wages – by 7.8%, to 14.8 thousand UAH. Thus, at by-product coke plants average salary was 19.2 thousand UAH (-12%), in ferrous metallurgy – 18.6 thousand UAH (-16%), at mining companies – 18.6 thousand UAH (-9.5%), in non-ferrous metallurgy –…
In July, Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant intends to commission two melting furnaces – Nos. 15 and 17 – in the ferroalloys shop. According to the CEO Vladimir Kutsin, the company must be prepared for the increase in capacity due to the change in the market situation. In late February, NZF started heating its melting furnaces Nos.…
Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NZF, Dnipropetrovsk region) in January-May increased production by 12.5% YoY, to 259,690 tons. As the Ukrainian Association of Producers of Ferroalloys and Other Electrometallurgical Products reported, in five months, the plant increased production of silicon manganese by 9.6%, to 236,710 tons, and ferromanganese – by 53.9%, to 22,980 tons. In May, 59,290…
Since the start of the season, Druzhba LLC has extracted 50 kg of alluvial gold. This year, the company operates in the Razdolniy Brook valley. The output target is 124 kg of gold. Thus, it has been 40% reached. In 2019, Druzhba extracted 144.6 kg of gold and in 2020 – 151.8 kg. (Ukrainian metal)
Metinvest, an international vertically integrated mining and metallurgical group of companies, will act as the general partner of the international forum “Decarbonization of the Steel Industry: a Challenge for Ukraine,” which will be held in Kyiv on July 14. According to the company’s press release, an event on the topic that has been discussed by…
The State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine has held a repeated auction to sell special licenses for the land plot of the Zalesy-Shmenki ore field with copper ore reserves in Volyn region. The size of the land plot is 2337 ha. Copper reserves are estimated at 95 thousand tons. The Symbol foundry has…