The United Mining and Chemical Company has resumed operation of Irshansk Mining and Processing Works in Zhytomir region after a halt in October 2022. The processing factory No. 3 started operating on July 5. In just one shift, the IrGOK employees produced 220 tons of ilmenite concentrate. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June, Ferrexpo increased pellets manufacture by 57% YoY, to 1.967 million tons, and concentrate – by 51%, to 160 thousand tons. In Q2, pellets manufacture grew by 18%, to 1.066 million tons, and concentrate – by 96%, to 106 thousand tons. This was made possible by the resumption of the second pelletizing line operation.…
The state enterprise Volynvuhillya intends to order Ukrzakhid Steamex LLC services for 5.66 million UAH. The notification on intention to sign two agreements – for 2.38 million UAH and 3.28 million UAH – has been published in the Prozorro system. At the same time, Ukrzakhid Steamex has previously been accused of collision on trade from…
ArcelorMital Kriviy Rih has constructed an underground service station for its mine transport at the depth of 1,135 meters. Now the repair and maintenance of mine transport, electric locomotives and trolleys will be carried out in an up-to-date underground depot. Previously, all the repair and maintenance checks of mine transport at the 1,135 horizon were…
HMS Bergbau AG intends to invest $700 million in lithium extraction in the east of Kazakhstan. The company has bought 51% in a Kazakhstani company. So far, the company plans to extract lithium, while the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries will depend on reserves. (Ukrainian metal)
The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan has excluded two Cyprus offshore companies – Metalloinvest Holding (Cyprus) Limited (41.87%) and Miramonte Investments Limited (8.23%) – from the list of the Tashkent Iron and Steel Works founders. Both of them belong to the Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov and had a controlling stake between them. The Fund of Reconstruction…
Ukrlitiyvydobuvannya had two options to extract lithium-containing ore in Kirovohrad region: either at a quarry or in a mine. “We have stopped on the mine method, as the environment component is important for us. We want to be esg-friendly,” Denis Alyoshin, the company strategic development director, has said. According to him, Ukraine is not a…
The Cabinet of Ministers has appointed Igor Bugayov the interim CEO of the state enterprise Vostochniy Mining and Processing Works. Bugayov is currently the first deputy CEO. He has many years of experience of working in nuclear and mining spheres, in particular, at managing roles in Energoatom. VostGOK is the only producer of uranium ore…
