The largest coalmining enterprise of the Sakhalin – Solntsevskiy Coal Pit – is increasing output. In January-March it mined 1.5 million tons, up 3.7-fold YoY. In February the miners set a regional record having obtained 650 thousand tons of coal. Last year the enterprise received a new KomatsuPC-3000 excavator with the ladle volume of 16…
Polymetal International plc has confirmed the acquisition of a 50% stake in the silver deposits of Prognoz for $140 million, to be paid in Polymetal shares. As the result of the deal Polymetal stake in Prognoz reached 100%. The total cost of the purchase reached $215 million, including $3 million paid for the initial 5%,…
The sintering factory of Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has commissioned the first complex of the modern gas purification. It will allow decreasing dust emissions by 90% and sulfur oxide emission by 43%. Machinery and technologies were provided by Termokimik Corporation (Italy). Investments in the project totaled $220 million. The reconstruction of the sintering…
Gaysky Mining and Processing Works is actively prospecting at 5 sites in Orenburg region. The total size of the prospecting works is some 600 square km. In particular, at the Gayskoye deposits the company is surveying the ore reserves below the 1310 horizon. This year the company intends to invest some 75 million rubles in…
The denial of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine to allow Metinvest B. V. to purchase Dneprovsky By-Product Coke Plant is not final. “Having analyzed the situation we provided the company with preliminary results where we see monopolization. This is not a denial – Metinvest can react to the preliminary results”, the committee chairman Yuri Terentiev…
In 2017 Zaporozhye Iron Ore Complex increased net profit 2.9-fold YoY, to 1.286 billion UAH. According to the company statement, its EBITDA grew 3-fold, to 1.586 billion UAH. Net income increased by 45%, to 3.949 billion UAH. Undistributed profit totaled 3.521 billion UAH. Last year the company produced 4.503 million tons of iron ore, down…
In 2017 ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih received 66.185 billion UAH of net income, up by 25% YoY. According to the company statement, its net profit increased from 2.704 billion UAH to 5.061 billion UAH. EBITDA grew by 94.3%, to 6.353 billion UAH. The undistributed profit totaled 32.98 billion UAH. Last year the company produced 5.134 million…
In 2017 Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant received 2.67 billion UAH of net profit as opposed to 727.46 million UAH of net losses. Net income grew by 68.4% YoY, to 18.88 billion UAH. EBITDA reached 3.27 billion UAH, as opposed to the debt of 837.67 million UAH in 2016. The undistributed profit totaled 2.34 billion UAH. Last…