Mykolaiv Alumina Plant, used to belong to Rusal, has been transferred to the management of the State Property Fund of Ukraine. “The nationalization of another asset of the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska has been completed,” the Fund said. Deripaska has been controlling NGZ since early 2000s. This is one of the largest enterprises of the…
In January-February, Ukraine imported $5.43 million worth of nickel, up 4.7-fold YoY. According to the State Customs Service, in February imports amounted to $1.857 million. Last year, nickel imports decreased by 74.2%, to $15.391 million. (Ukrainian metal)
In February, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih produced 116 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 22% MoM. The decrease was due to the Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure of the district. At the same time, steel and rolled metal manufacture increased. Thus, AMKR produced 77 thousand tons of steel, up from 76 thousand tons in…
RG Gold, developing the Raigorodok deposit in Akmola region, could suspend gold extraction using heap leaching this year. “Because of the thinning of oxidized ore we, most likely, will have to suspend operation and mothball heap leaching manufacture,” the financial director Marat Shaimardanov has said. RG Gold is using two types of processing capacities with…
The CEO of Centrenergo JSC Andrey Churkin refutes information on purchasing coal from Kazakhstan. “We do not buy coal in Kazakhstan. Coal, brought for Centrenergo needs, is on the territory of the European Union on legal basis. The fuel is brought to Ukraine by European traders. Coal is not reloaded on the way and from…
