In January-June, the metallurgical industry produced goods worth almost 77 trillion soums with annual growth of 8%, the Statistics Agency reported. Meanwhile, supplies of metal products increased by almost 4%. In the first half of the year, Uzbekistan exported non-ferrous metals worth $688.2 million, down by 3.8%. Exports of pig iron and steel decreased by…
As part of the state subsoil geological survey program, Kazatomprom conducted geological studies at the Vostochny block of the Zhalpak deposit (East Zhalpak block) in Turkestan region using its own funds, which resulted in the discovery of P1 and P2 uranium resources, the press service of Kazatomprom reported. According to preliminary estimates, inferred resources amount…
Kametstal has expanded its product portfolio that corresponds to the requirements of both domestic and foreign customers. The company has received a conformity certificate for B500B rebars. The certificate for rebars with the diameter of 8 to 32 mm allows exporting them to Poland. Receipt of certificate was preceded by product samples sent to Poland…
Uzbekistan exported gold worth $4.1 billion from January through June. According to the data from Uzbekistan’s Statistics Agency, this figure has decreased by 4.6% YoY. Meanwhile, the total volume of Uzbekistan’s goods and services exports amounted to $12.9 billion from January through June, up by 4.8%. The gold holds the country’s majority of reserves, totaling…
In January-June, global steel output amounted to 954.62 million tons, down by 0.01% YoY. According to Worldsteel, China was the largest producer with 530.57 million tons, down by 1.1%. China’s share in global steel output was 55.6%. Ukraine, producing 3.87 million tons of steel, up by 136.96%, went up to the 21st place among 71…
Navoi Iron and Steel Works has launched another mill-block – No. 7 at the hydrometallurgical plant No. 3. Annual capacity of the plant is 8 million tons of ore. With the new mill block, the capacity will exceed 9 million tons. In the future the company will expand its shops of flotation, bio-oxidation, filtration, drying…
This year, Ukraine will produce more than 7.2 million tons of steel, the president of Ukrmetallurgprom Olexander Kalenkov believes. Compared with the first half of 2023, steel output grew by 37%. Mining enterprises increased output by about 50%. “The increase was due to our enterprises doing everything possible to decrease prime cost and make their…
The price of electricity for metal enterprises is constantly growing, including because of the unreasonable decision to change the share of imports for companies that what uninterrupted supply of electricity. The president of Ukrmetallurgprom Olexander Kalenkov highlights the fact that due to the continuous cycle of manufacture, metal companies cannot physically shut down and then…
