In 2018 Tulachermet produced 2.342 million tons of pig iron, up by 2.95% YoY. This is also the highest result operating only 2 blast furnaces. Sinter manufacture exceeded the annual target by 2.7%, to 3.02 million tons. The usage of metallurgical coke was record low at 51.9 kg per ton of pig iron, down by…
In 2018 Bashkirskaya Med LLC mined 879 thousand tons of copper ore, up by 40% from the target. Factories processed 1.181 million tons of ore, producing 68.844 thousand tons of copper concentrate (11.944 thousand tons of copper). Zinc concentrate output was 11.734 thousand tons (4.943 thousand tons of zinc). (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 Petropavlovsk plc decreased gold output by 3.9% YoY, to 422.3 thousand ounces. This year the company expects to produce 450-500 thousand ounces. Petropavlovsk is among 5 largest gold producers in Russia. Its main assets are in Amur region: Pokrovsky mine, Pioner, Malomyr and Albyn. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 Russia produced 61.6 million tons of rolled metal, up by 1.9% YoY. In December 2018 output dropped by 1.2% YoY, but grew by 6.8% MoM. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, pig iron manufacture fell by 0.6% YoY, to 51.8 million tons. December 2018 saw the increase in output by 2.6%…
Zaporozhye Ferro Alloys Plant and Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant have concluded agreements with Tolkachevsky Mining and Processing Works for the delivery of quartzite valued at 46 million UAH each. TGOK will also supply quartzite to Sentoza LLC for 32.7 million UAH. Combined the enterprise will sell 124.7 million UAH worth of raw materials. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 Sukhaya Balka increased iron ore output by 8.4% YoY, to 2.725 million tons. In December 2018 the enterprise produced 238 thousand tons of ore. In 2017 the output dropped by 2% YoY, to 2.513 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Gold and silver prices decreased in Azerbaijan. The price of gold dropped by 3.0515 manats, to 2,178.822 manats per ounce on January 24 compared to the price on January 23. The price of silver fell by 0.0824 manats, to 26.052 manats per ounce. At the same time the price of platinum grew by 9.741 manats,…
According to the president order dated January 17, the Navoi Mining and Processing Works will soon be divided into two enterprises – the state enterprise to mine and process uranium, and a joint-stock company to mine and process precious metals. The latter will be given to the trust management. A road map to reorganize the…
