Russia: ChTPZ scrap sales down in 2017

In 2017 the Meta Group of Companies, a part of ChTPZ, sold 1.32 million tons of scrap, down by 2.5% YoY, including 829 thousand tons of its own procurement, up by 69 thousand tons, and 491 thousand tons of transit scrap. Among the group participants the sales growth leaders were Vtorchermet (+30.7 thousand tons), Meta-Chelyabinsk…

Russia: Severstal to increase sales to KAMAZ

In 2018 Severstal will supply at least 60 thousand tons of rolled metal to the largest manufacturer of heavy trucks in Russia – KAMAZ. The deliveries will be carried out according to the agreement on cooperation concluded for this year. The company will supply cold- and hot-rolled sheets, including of high-strength steel grades. Last year…

Kazakhstan: ambitious gold project to be launched

Full-scale operations in Kyzyl, a large gold mine in the East Kazakhstan region, will start in 2019. “Using state-of-the-art technologies, the Bakyrchik Ore Mining and Processing Enterprise is developing a gold deposit with a capacity of 2 million tons of ore per annum. The project will reach the ultimate capacity in 2019 “, Deputy Head…