In January-March Kazakhstan produced 1.167 million tons of steel, up by 7.6% YoY, with 431 thousand tons produced in March, up by 10.9% YoY and by 21.3% MoM. Ferroalloys output in March reached 168 thousand tons, up by 9.1% MoM and by 1.1% YoY. In 3 months manufacture grew by 2.5% YoY, to 494 thousand…
In January-February Russia exported 495 thousand tons of pipes valued at $390 million, up by 64% and 2.6-fold YoY respectively. According to the customs statistics, Turkey was the main buyer of Russian pipes with the share of 29%, up 23-fold. Finland imported 27.2% of pipes, up by 22.8%. Large diameter pipes accounted for 65% of…
Gold mining company Nordgold, controlled by Russian businessman Alexei Mordashov, has launched construction of a processing plant – the key facility of the Gross gold mine in the republic of Yakutia, the company said in a statement on April 19. The plan’s projected processing capacity is 12 million tons of ore per year. The company…
RUSAL has met with Chinese companies and traders this week to discuss purchases of alumina and sales of aluminum as the U.S. sanctions freezed out the Russian producer from markets around the world, Bloomberg reported on April 19, citing people with knowledge of the talks. RUSAL is looking for alternative sources of alumina, the raw…
In a letter sent to KVV Liepājas metalurgs administrator Vita Dika, Privatization Agency’s subsidiary FeLM board member Jānis Rībens and CItadele Bank on 17 April, the consortium, which includes companies like British Steel, Greybull Capital and Estonian company Baltic Metal Holding, affirmed its interest in purchasing all assets of the insolvent company. According to available…
The prices of the main precious metals increased in Azerbaijan on April 19, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The cost of gold increased by 13.906 manats, to 2297.992 manats per troy ounce compared to the price on April 18. The cost of silver increased by 0.8118 manats, to 29.2889 manats per…
The State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use announced an auction for the right to explore geologically a placer gold deposit in Naryn region. At-Bashi 1 deposit is located in At-Bashi district of the region. In 1937 Tajikzoloto trust started prospecting works there. They were resumed in 1943. In the 1980s searches in this…
In January-March Russia produced 1.1 million tons of metal structures, down by 5.1% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, in March the output grew by 8.2% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
