Prices of gold, silver, platinum and palladium varied in Azerbaijan on October 25, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold increased by 7.8625 manats, to 2,102.237 manats per ounce on October 25 compared to the price on October 24. The price of silver decreased by 0.0844 manats, to 25.0594…
The net loss of Russian metals producer Mechel narrowed by 2% YoY, to 12 billion rubles in January-September, as calculated under Russian Accounting Standards (RAS), the company said. Revenue almost doubled to 9.5 billion rubles, and the gross profit more than quadrupled to 9.4 billion rubles. Long-term liabilities have grown by 12.3% since the start…
The processing factory of the Orken-Atasu will enter the new 2019 year with a completely modernized complex. Investments of ArcelorMittal Temirtau in the project will reach over 3 billion tenge. The factory employees have completed the manufacturing plan of iron ore mining and processing in advance. Thus, the factory was ready for the large-scale reconstruction…
In October Kinross Gold received the first Dore ingot of ore mined at the Moroshka deposits in Chukotka. The ore was processed at the Kupol mine. The company will be developing the site in 2019-2020. It intends to extract some 3.4 tons of gold per year at Moroshka. The Moroshka reserves are estimated at 6.86…
Karelsky Okatysh has started using a “virtual aide” when producing pellets. For this a special optimizing model was installed at three pelletizing machines, the main tasks of which are to improve product efficiency and save fuel oil without loss of quality. “Fuel oil is an expensive fuel and the main part of expenses in the…
MMK and Sinosteel Equipment & Engineering Co have signed a memorandum of intention and cooperation in the project to reconstruct the MMK coke manufacture. The parties have agreed to conclude agreements for the construction of objects under the project. The project presupposes the construction of the coke-oven battery No. 12, reconstruction of the recovery plant,…
Metinvest provides jobs to 64.786 people, or 34% of all the employees of the metal industry. ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih is on the second place, followed by Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine, which officially belongs to ISD, but is in fact controlled by Metinvest. The average salary at Metinvest is 14,535 UAH, up by 59% from…
The underground strike of the miners from the mine named after Kapustin has been going on for over a week. The miners are demanding the clearing of salary debts and firing the Lisichanskugol management. At present 26 miners are striking, 7 have already been taken to the hospital. “They are going on a hunger strike,…