Russia: PNTZ to use HBI in steel smelting

The technique to use hot-briquetted iron in steel manufacture is being developed at Pervouralsky Pipe Works. According to the ChTPZ commercial director Denis Prikhodko, HBI will be purchased at Mikhailovsky and Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Works of Metalloinvest. “We have great prospects of cooperation with Metalloinvest”, he added. In particular, PNTZ intends to increase purchases…

Kyrgyzstan: government to revise Kumtor agreement

The government of Kyrgyzstan wants to revise a strategic agreement with the Canadian company Centerra Gold Inc. on cooperation on Kumtor project, the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziyev announced at a meeting of the Parliament. According to him, the current government is not satisfied with the terms of the agreement signed by the ex-Prime…