The board of directors of the gold-extracting company Poluys has recommended the extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders to pay dividends for January-June in the amount of 131.11 rubles per ordinary share. The total amount of dividends to be paid reached 17.35 billion rubles ($253.2 million), or 30% of the EBITDA. In H1 the company…
According to the state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertiza, in September, scrap stocks of metal companies will decreased by 11.11% MoM, or by 10 thousand tons, to 80 thousand tons. At the same time in October scrap stocks will grow by 18.75% MoM, or by 15 thousand tons, to 95 thousand tons. As of mid-August scrap stocks at…
In July railroad deliveries of metal to the major oil and gas enterprises totaled 298 thousand tons, down by 22% YoY. In January-July deliveries dropped by 10.7% YoY, to 2.5 million tons. According to the railroad statistics, this is the lowest result in the past 9 years. (Ukrainian metal)
Electrozinc has started assembling new machinery in the leaching shop. The modernization of the site with the assembly of two large ball mills and construction of a new division of neutral leaching is carried out under the program of development in 2018-2022. “The project will provide for the decrease of zinc dust usage to clean…
The Uralskaya Kuznitsa Works has successfully passed the re-certification audit of the quality management system correspondence to ISO 9001:2015. The audit has been carried out by TUV Rheinland. The company specialists have checked the forge-press and mechanical shops, and talked to the employees. As a result of the inspection, the quality management system has been…
Metalloinvest has started implementing the technique of fine screening at Mikhailovsky Mining and Processing Works. The use of new Derrick screens will improve the quality of the concentrate by increasing iron contents from 65% to 67%, while decreasing the content of silicon dioxide. Investments in the project by the end of 2022 are estimated at…
The net profit of the Russian coal producer Raspadskaya rose by 34% YoY, to $225 million in January-June, as calculated under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the company said in a report on August 24. Revenue went up by 23%, to $542 million in the period, and gross profit grew by 27%, to $306 million.…
International rating agency Fitch has affirmed a long-term issuer default rating and senior unsecured ratings of Russian metals holding Metalloinvest at BB, and revised the outlook on ratings to Positive from Stable, the agency said in a statement late on August 23. “The outlook revision reflects continued financial improvement, recovery on the global iron ore…
