On April 19 DTEK Dneprovskoye Mine Group yielded the 1-millionth ton of coal since the beginning of the year. Investments in the development in Q1 totaled 92.3 million UAH. Coal is mined at 5 sites. Average daily output is 9453 tons, or 598.5 tons per month. This year DTEK Dneprovskoye Mine Group intends to invest…
In January-March Ukraine increased pig iron exports by 63.9% YoY. “Since the start of the year pig iron exports have been demonstrating a positive dynamics, having increased by 63.9%, to 850.1 thousand tons. And exports have been growing each month: in January they totaled 233.6 thousand tons, in February – 291 thousand tons, and in…
In January-March Donetsk region mined 3 million tons of coal, down by 1.1% YoY. Coking coal share increased by 20.9%, while that of power-generating coal dropped by 6.3%. Coke output totaled 1.3 million tons, up by 14.6%. Steel manufacture decreased by 11.6% YoY, to 1.9 million tons, while that of rolled metal – by 17.7%,…
In January-March Petropavlovsk Plc decreased gold output by 5% YoY, to 112.556 thousand ounces (3.5 tons). According to the company statement, gold sales dropped by 5%, to 112.244 thousand ounces. The average price grew by 4%, to $1295 per ounce. This year the company intends to obtain 420-460 thousand ounces of gold. Petropavlovsk Plc is…
Denis Novozhenov, who headed Evraz Ukraine, was appointed the director of the Ural division. “The division unites Nizhniy Tagil Iron and Steel Works and Kachkanarsky Mining and Processing Works. Novozhenov will continue developing Evraz assets in Sverdlovsk region according to the group strategy”, the company said. Novozhenov has been working at Evraz since 1996. This…
D-Steel (Italy) specialists have started working at the only steel works in the Far East – Amurmetal. According to the plant CEO Sergey Kuznetsov, soon the company will double rolled metal output and improve rebars characteristics. “The reconstruction of the bar-rolling shop will be carried out in several stages. The first stage will increase furnace…
Severstal-Metiz has passed the audit of its key client – the automobile components manufacturer Sherdel Kaluga. Following the audit the company was granted the highest rating. Such audits are carried every three years. Severstal-Metiz wire is used to produce metal frames of cushions and seats. (Ukrainian metal)
The department of fine grinding of the Uchaly Mining and Processing Works processing factory has modernized the fine grinding unit of the ball mill No. 5, having assembled the pump hudrocyclone unit of better capacity. The machine has been put into operation. “As a result we have increased the grinding of ores by 5-6%. This…