On February 9, Sukha Balka commissioned new manufacturing capacities at the Yubileynaya mine. The new block will be in development for 4 months. The new block 28-30+10 is located at the depth of 1420 meters. The reserves are estimated at 125.6 thousand tons. Iron content totals 60.6%. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2022, Group DF decreased ilmenite concentrate manufacture by 27% YoY, to 103.6 thousand tons. Ilmenite ore mining dropped by 36.8%, to 1798 million cubic meters. Despite this fall, tax payments increased by 49.3%, to 195.4 million UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
From March, the state enterprise Navoiuran will export natural uranium to India. An agreement was signed by the state enterprise and the Department of Nuclear Energy of India in 2019. Previously, Navoiuran exported its products to Canada, USA, South Korea and Japan. (Ukrainian metal)
As all other industries, foundry suffered greatly from the Russian invasion. At least 50% of enterprises felt the impact of the war, sometimes even with partial destruction of manufacture. Large foundry enterprises are usually located in the southeastern regions that have suffered from the war the most. Output fall is estimated at 70%. According to…