Model-based estimates indicate that between January and August, the volume of taxes, fees, and other state revenues generated by the ferrous scrap market fell by approximately UAH 1.008 billion – a 36.6% decrease compared to the same period last year. This was reported by Volodymyr Bublei, President of the Ukrainian Association of Secondary Metals (UAVtormet).…
Between January and July, Azerbaijan increased its gold exports 20.8-fold in value terms, teaching $3.7078 billion, and 8.5-fold in volume terms, to 24,517.2 kg. The exports consisted of gold in unwrought and semi-wrought forms. Specifically, this category includes ingots, bars, wire, profiles, plates, sheets, strips, and ribbons with a thickness exceeding 0.15 mm (excluding the…
Japan’s Nippon Steel will invest about EUR 900 million in the Kosice steelworks, including a new electric furnace, as it prepares to make the eastern Slovak plant its main European production base. The company signed agreements with the Robert Fico government on September 15, giving it access to up to EUR 350 million from the…
Uzbekistan’s Agency for Industrial Cooperation and Public Procurement held an online meeting with entrepreneurs to discuss expanding industrial cooperation around major metallurgical enterprises and developing new localization projects. The meeting focused on cooperation projects worth a total of $100 million involving major metallurgical enterprises Aziya metall prof in Samarkand region, Sifatli sof po’lat in Jizzakh…
A business meeting between representatives of British engineering, technology and consulting companies and Kumtor Gold Company CJSC was held in Bishkek on September 14. The event was organized by the British Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic. The meeting brought together companies specializing in geological exploration, mineral processing, tailings and water resource management, geotechnical studies, environmental…
Between January and July, 7.8 million tons of Kazakh coal were transported by rail to Russian ports for onward shipment abroad. This represents an increase of 1.3 million tons, or 20%, compared to the same period in 2025. The European Union and Turkey were the primary destinations for these shipments. This growth is attributed to…
On the night of September 12, Russia attacked Zaporizhstal with ballistic missiles for the third time in the past month. Four missiles struck the plant’s production site; the facility had not yet resumed operations following previous strikes on August 11 and 27. Four employees were injured. Russia is deliberately destroying a civilian enterprise – which…
Two DTEK miners were killed and four others injured in a Russian attack using strike drones on the center of Pavlohrad on September 10. “A terrible tragedy: the enemy claimed the lives of two of our employees during the attack on Pavlohrad, and four others were injured,” DTEK wrote on Telegram on September 11. DTEK…