Krasnoyarsk Iron and Steel Works has started producing spare parts for the Aurus project, the range of Russian limousines. This year the company will produce 8.5 tons of spare parts. The sales of the cars are expected to start in 2019 with some 50-70 units per year. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June Rusolovo mined 114.776 thousand tons of ore, up by 199% YoY. Tin concentrate output reached 361 tons, up by 62%. Pravourminskoye LLC yielded 65% of the tin concentrate, and the rest was provided by the Tin Ore Company. This year the company intends to mine 286.446 thousand tons of ore and produce 1600…
MMK-Metiz has commissioned a new machine to produce ropes and wire. The first stage of the machine will produce high-carbon wire and steel ropes with the total capacity of over 43 thousand tons per year. The cost of the project is 1.5 billion rubles. The second stage will be commissioned in Q4. (Ukrainian metal)
Metalloinvest has put into operation the heat-treatment furnace No. 1 – the rolling quench machine No. 1 at Ural Steel. The cost of the project was 1.2 billion rules. Last year the company received a 10-year loan from ING Bank (the Netherlands) for 11.5 million euro to finance the project. The machine will increase the…
The project to construct underground mine Mayak has been approved by the State expertise service. The mine will be able to yield 1 million tons of copper-nickel ore per year. The project provides for underground operation only. The construction will be financed by Nornickel itself. (Ukrainian metal)
The prices for main precious metals in Azerbaijan have decreased July 16, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold increased by 0,918 manat, to 2115,684 manats per ounce on July 16, compared to the price on July 13. The price of silver decreased by 0,1496 manats, to 26,9402 manats…
The price of one ounce of gold decreased by 23.6045 manats or by 1.1029% last week, to 2,128.0005 manats. Last week the price of one ounce of silver decreased by 0.3164 manats or by 1.1545%, to 27.18488 manats. The price of one ounce of platinum decreased by 24.667 manats or by 1.698%, to 1,434.2951 manats.…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih reports that Sumykhimprom and the state enterprise Vostochniy GOK refuse to supply sulfuric acid without any explanation. “We now face the absence of sulfuric acid on the domestic market. Why do we bring it from Belarus? Because we have no choice, as we cannot buy the sulfuric acid in Ukraine”, the company…
