The capacity of Russia’s Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) decreased after a fire on a coal stoker on January 27, an official of the Emergency Situations Ministry reported. “We received a report of a fire on a coal stoker at 9:00 a.m. local time. The technological process was not disrupted, but the productive capacity…
Precious metal prices increased in Azerbaijan. The price of gold grew by 35.819 manats, to 2,215.304 manats per ounce on January 28 compared to the price on January 25. The price of silver went up by 0.7537 manats, to 26.8524 manats per ounce. The price of platinum increased by 24.905 manats, to 1,392.8525 manats, and…
Over the past year, mining of copper ore rose by 8.2% YoY, to 103.2 million tons. The country produced 12.9 million tons of copper concentrates (+15.7%), 4.8 million tons of copper-zinc ores (-4.2%), and 580.6 thousand tons of copper in copper concentrate (+15.5%). The main copper ore miners are East Kazakhstan (37% of the total…
The price of one ounce of gold increased by 1.173 manats or by 0.55% last week in Azerbaijan, to 2,178.1063 manats. The price of one ounce of silver grew by 0.0752 manats or by 0.29%, to 26.0282 manats. The price of one ounce of platinum went up by 8.3725 manats or by 0.62%, to 1,353.6862…
In January-November 2019 Russia exported 758.5 thousand tons of primary copper valued at $4830 million, up by 12.7% and by 19.3% YoY respectively. In November 2018 the price of primary copper was $5957 per ton, down by 9.2% YoY. The price of copper wire rod (wire) was $6083 per ton. (Ukrainian metal)
The special committee investigating the accident at Electrozinc has come to a conclusion, that the reason of the fire at the plant has been arson. The plant stopped operating after that. The reason of the arson and the person responsible are yet to be determined. The fire broke out on October 21, 2018. It enveloped…
Mechel reports launching an online store to market the company’s rolls. Mechel Service LLC’s online store offers a wide range of rolls, including over 40,000 articles in 49 categories such as flat and section rolls, pipes, hot- and cold-rolled products, hardware, stainless rolls and others. The store’s website is www.mechelservice.ru. The website also shows updated…
Employees of the Scheglovskaya-Glubokaya mine in the temporarily occupied Donbass received 4 and 6 rubles as salary. “4 and 6 rubles, not thousand rubles. This shows the level of salary and life in the so-called republic”, wrote one of the miners in the social networks. Miners also share screenshots of their wages. One “boasts” receiving…