On June 3, the president of Uzbekistan signed a decree to cancel the exclusive rights previously provided to certain enterprises. This is a part of obligations to the World Trade Organization. From next year Uzmetkombinat JSC will not have an exclusive right to purchase ferrous metals scrap and waste within the country, while Uzvtorzvetmet JSC…
On June 5, due to a technological failure at a substation, two mines were cut off grid in Dniepropetrovsk region. According to the Ministry of Energy, miners remained underground, and the mines were soon connected to grid. Moreover, in Donetsk region mines were cut off grid due to enemy shelling. 317 people were underground. All…
In January-May, Zaporizhstal increased rolled metal output by 47.4% YoY, to 1.048 million tons. Steel manufacture grew by 45.4%, to 1.249 million tons, and pig iron by 36.3%, to 1.29 million tons. In May, Zaporizhstal produced 240 thousand tons of pig iron, 240.2 thousand tons of steel and 204 thousand tons of rolled metal. (Ukrainian…
In January-May, Ukrzaliznytsia increased transportation of cargo by 30% YoY, to 75.4 million tons. Export transportation grew by 57%, to 38 million tons. Transportation of iron and manganese ore amounted to 19.3 million tons. Moreover, Ukrzaliznytsia transported 11.8 million tons of coal. (Ukrainian metal)
The United States has prolonged the temporary suspension of duties on Ukrainian steel for another year. In 2023, Ukrainian steel accounted for less than 1% of all US steel imports. Last year, imports decreased compared with 2022 and were below even than the average imports in 2021. According to the first vice prime minister, minister…
Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov met with Xi Zhengping, chairman of the board of China Nonferrous Metal Mining Co. Ltd to discuss copper industry cooperation. Following the meeting, the parties signed an agreement on constructing a copper mill with a capacity of 300,000 tons a year near Aktogai village in Abai region. A cluster will…
Almalyk Mining and Processing Works is carrying out a major investment project “Developing the Yoshkil I deposit”. Under the project, the company receives new mining machines. In particular, recently Almaluk has received 2 Krantas NMTE-240 dump trucks with the carrying capacity of 236 tons. This year, one more such dump truck will be purchased. The…
The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan has passed in the first reading the decree on canceling the moratorium of developing uranium deposits. The moratorium on the extraction of uranium and thorium was imposed after a scandal around the Kyzyl-Ompol deposit near the Issyk-Kul Lake. In spring of 2019, it became known that the UrAsia in Kyrgyzstan company…