In January, Ukrainian seaports handled 343.75 thousand tons of iron ore, down by 93.6%, due to the suspension of Metalloinvest (Russia) shipping via the Port of Yuzhniy, as the Ultramar terminal was launched in Ust-Luga. The handling of import coking coal fell by 81.6%, to 612.56 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukrainian enterprises reduced imports of copper and copper products in monetary terms by 40.3% YoY in January, to $9.666 million. According to the customs statistics published by the State Customs Service, exports of copper and copper products grew 3.2-fold, to $12.394 million. In addition, Ukraine reduced imports of nickel and nickel products by 17.5%, to…
Denis Morozov has been appointed the first deputy general manager of Interpipe. He will be responsible for the operational issues. Sergey Kuzmenko has become a new Interpipe CFO. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2024, Zun Hada will begin extracting gold at the Barun-Kholbinskoye deposit in the Republic of Buryatia. The company intends to extract 7-10 thousand tons of ore per month. Investments in the project will amount to 122 million rubles. Payments to the budgets of all levels during operation will reach 400 million rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
In January, Ukraine exported 45.4 thousand tons of ferroalloys valued at $47.6 million, down by 33.7% and by 35.3% YoY respectively. The share of ferroalloys in the overall exports amounted to 1.2%. The main customers were Poland (18.89%), Italy (16.08%) and Turkey (15.83%). Last year, Ukraine decreased ferroalloys exports by 25% YoY, to 626.6 thousand…
In January, Ukraine exported 3.69 million tons of iron ore and concentrate valued at $504.8 million, down by 6.9%, but up by 77.6% YoY respectively. According to the customs statistics, China was the largest importer with the share of 37.8%. It was followed by the Czech Republic (10.7%) and Poland (9.2%). Last year, Ukraine increased…
In 2020, the Republic of Buryatia produced 5668.94 kg of gold, up by 1.9% YoY. The increase is due to the growth of the ore gold output by 12.2%, to 3437.4 kg. Three companies mine for gold in the republic. Alluvial season resulted in 2231.34 kg, down by 10.7%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works increased rolled metal output by 22.5% YoY, to 355 thousand tons. Steel manufacture grew by 3%, to 360 thousand tons, and pig iron – by 2.6%, to 354 thousand tons. In 2020, the company produced 3.67 million tons of rolled metal, 3.05 million tons of steel and…