On April 21, following an auction, the state enterprise Dobropolyeugol-extraction concluded an agreement with Spetstrade Ltd on the purchase of mine props for the Dobropolskaya and Novodonetskaya mines for 26 million UAH. This year, the company has to supply 250 tons of mine sections with the length of 11 to 12 meters made of St-5PS…
In January-March, Kazzinc decreased zinc output from own resources by 5% YoY, to 34.3 thousand tons. The group produced 24.9 thousand tons of zinc metal and 9.4 thousand tons of zinc concentrate. Taking into account the third party raw materials, zinc manufacture dropped by 11%, to 63.5 thousand tons. Manufacture of lead from own resources…
The government of Kazakhstan has prolonged the prohibition to export ferrous and non-ferrous metals scrap. The export is prohibited by all transport means. The ban was imposed to increase scrap deliveries to domestic metal companies, as well as to fight the illegal trade in scrap. (Ukrainian metal)