In 2025, Ukraine decreased exports of semi-finished carbon steel products by 26.4% YoY, to 1.388 million tons. According to the State Customs Service, in monetary terms exports have decreased by 28.9%, to $659.62 million. The main customers were Bulgaria (32.73% in monetary terms), Poland (22.13%) and Turkiye (14.88%). Last year, Ukraine imported 88.923 thousand tons…
In 2025, Zaporizhstal of Metinvest Group launched three new flat-rolled products – two hot-rolled and one cold-rolled. The new products are used in construction and engineering applications and serve as semi-finished products for the manufacture of steel structures. During 2025, Zaporizhstal shipped nearly 58,000 tons of the new products to its customers. “Amid air raid…
The Slovak government plans to sign a ten-year memorandum of cooperation with the Slovalco aluminum plant, which stopped producing primary aluminum in early 2023, Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. As part of supporting energy-intensive enterprises, Fico intends to propose a European solution that provides for several-year exemptions from participation in the emissions trading system.…
British company Anglo Asian Mining (AAM, which develops gold deposits in Azerbaijan) produced 25,061 thousand ounces of gold in 2025, a 1.7-fold increase from 2024. Gold production in 2025 is in line with the lower bound of the updated annual forecast of 25,000-28,000 ounces. Silver production during this period amounted to 153,332 thousand ounces (a…
The output of Uzbekistan’s metallurgical industry in January-November 2025 exceeded 206 trillion sums. According to the State Committee on Statistics, enterprises in the sector produced goods worth 206.9 trillion sums, representing a 1.5% increase compared to the same period in 2024. The largest contribution came from Navoi region, where metallurgical production reached 118.8 trillion sums.…
Zaporizhstal of Metinvest Group continues to implement the corporate program “Working Conditions” to improve the comfort of working conditions for metallurgists. In 2025, the enterprise carried out major repairs of sanitary and household premises in the open-hearth shop, the shop of control and measuring instruments and automation, the road transport department and the central electrical…
Silver production in Kazakhstan has been declining for the fifth consecutive year. For example, 697.5 tons of refined silver were produced from January to December 2024, the lowest level since 2012. Over the course of the year, production has decreased by 21.2%. From January to November 2025, the country produced 567.5 tons of refined silver,…
In 2025, Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Company (NGMK) produced goods totaling 135.6 trillion sums, marking a 44.4% increase compared to 2024. Gold production exceeded 3.1 million ounces, up by 2.1%, calculated at a price of $3,579.8 per ounce. As part of its investment program, the enterprise implemented $561 million worth of projects, creating 2,628 new jobs. The localization…