On December 10 rating agency S&P Global Ratings assigned the PJSC Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works’ (MMK) “BBB-/A-3” long- and short-term issuer credit ratings with Stable Outlook. In a press release S&P notes that its assessment of MMK’s creditworthiness incorporates MMK’s low-cost production profile, strong operating efficiency, significant share of high value-added products in sales,…
Sudan intends to allocate Belarus the second plot for gold mining near the Nile, Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Andrei Khudyk declared ahead of the Belarusian-Sudanese summit talks in Minsk. “The site is located closer to the Nile River, and, according to the preliminary estimates, might be gold-bearing especially given the close proximity…
The state enterprise Selidovugol has ordered the Trading House Contract-Energo LLC a cutter-loader valued at 57.2 million UAH. Until September 2019 the company has to deliver an MV410 cutter-loader to the Kotlyarevskaya mine. The company will supply T Machinery A.S. (the Czech Republic) loader. The price of the agreement is 5% below the expected cost…
In January-November Ukraine increased revenue from the export of ferrous metals by 17% YoY, to $9.178 billion. Its share in the overall exports reached 21.22%. According to the State Fiscal Service, metal wares exports grew by 28%, to $1.024 billion (2.37%). At the same time Ukraine imported $1.3 billion worth of ferrous metals and $886.5…
In January-November Susumanzoloto extracted 5603.4 kg of gold with the plan being 5257 kg. The group enterprises are developing ore and alluvial gold sites in Magadan region and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). In particular, Drazhnik LLC yielded 1803.6 kg of gold, Chay-Urya zoloto LLC – 852.1 kg, Itkana LLC – 560.1 kg, Astra LLC…
Tikhvin Ferroalloys Works, a part of Yildirim Group, has transferred the exclusive rights to sell high-carbon ferrochromium in Russia to Klyuchevsky Ferroalloys Works, a part of MidUral Group. The high-grade ferrochromium is sold not only in Russia, but is also exported to Europe, USA, Japan and China. The new contract is an important step in…
On November 30 – December 6 the metal price index in Central region dropped by 2.17 points (or by 0.37%), to 587.65. Prices grew for hot-rolled sheet (by 0.39%) and for cold-rolled metal (by 0.26%). Rebars showed the most drop – by 1.71%, followed by beams (1.1%). Flat galvanized rolled metal lost 0.88% in price,…
In January-November Ukraine exported 320 thousand tons of scrap, down by 28.6% YoY. In November exports amounted to 3.8 thousand tons. At the same time deliveries of scrap to local metal plants grew by 17.4%, to 3.04 million tons in 11 months. (Ukrainian metal)