Ukraine: coal output down in June 2018

In June Ukraine’s coal mining enterprises of all forms of ownership extracted 2.55 million tons of coal, down by 5.8% from the planned targets, the Trade Union of Coal Mining Industry of Ukraine informed with reference to the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine. “In June the coal mining enterprises of Ukraine of…

Russia: lithium consumption low

According to VIAM CEO Yevgeniy Kablov, Russia experiences the problem of the lithium manufacture. The only lithium manufacturer in Russia is the Novosibirsk Works of Chemical Concentrates (NZKH), which supplies lithium both to the domestic customers and abroad. The enterprise started manufacturing lithium in 1960s. But Russia has no developed raw materials base to produce…