In January-February, Ukraine imported 83.056 thousand tons of coke and semi-coke, up 12.5-fold YoY. According to the State Customs Service, in monetary terms imports grew 10-fold, to $31.591 million. Coke exports totaled 5 tons valued at $1 thousand to Latvia (no exports in January and January-February 2023). The main supplier was Poland (97.71% in monetary…
In March, the miners of Pokrovskoye Mine Group yielded the first million tons of coal since the start of the year. The tunneling teams have prepared 2547 meters of mine workings. All the coal was processed by the Svyato-Varvarinskaya factory, producing 521 thousand tons of high-quality concentrate. (Ukrainian metal)
In February, Ukraine decreased pig iron exports by 10.2% MoM and by 27.9% YoY, to 127.63 thousand tons. According to the State Customs Service, revenue amounted to $47.91 million, down by 4.2% MoM and by 26.3% YoY. In January-February, pig iron exports totaled 269.8 thousand tons valued at $97.92 million, down by 13.6% and by…
In 2022, Ferrexpo decreased pellets manufacture from 12 million to 6.18 million tons. Last year, 4.15 million tons were produced. The drop is due to transportation problems. Around half of the group products were transported via the Black Sea ports to the Asian market. But in 2022, the way was blocked. (Ukrainian metal)
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…