In August, Ukraine recorded an average 60.1% drop in steel, pig iron and rolled product output. Ukrainian metallurgical plants produced 4.3 million tons of steel in the first eight months of the year, 12.5% less than in the same period last year. Steel output fell by 57.3% MoM in August. Pig iron production declined by 14.8%,…
Uzbekistan’s Minister of Mining Industry and Geology B. Islamov held a meeting on September 9 with a German delegation led by Klaus Mangold, Chairman of Mangold Consulting GmbH. Responsible ministry officials also attended the talks. During the meeting, representatives of the Uzbek Metallurgical and Technological Metals Plant presented an overview of the enterprise’s activities, its…
Kazakhstan-based company Ushtagan Refinery plans to build a gold processing plant at the Ushtagan deposit in the Pavlodar region, according to the regional Department of Subsoil Use, Environment, and Water Resources. The planned investment totals 22.5 billion tenge ($50 million). The facility is expected to produce 861 kilograms of gold annually. Construction is scheduled to…