This year the Orotukan Alluvial Company LLC intends to obtain 300 kg of alluvial gold. According to the company statement, the sand-washing season will start on May 1. Last year the company obtained 296.6 kg of gold. The company owns 11 licenses for alluvial gold sites in the Magadan region. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2017 the gold-extracting company Priisk Solovievskiy increased revenue by 12% YoY, to 6.605 billion rubles. EBITDA grew by 5.8%, to 2.769 billion rubles. Net profit totaled 2.231 billion rubles, up by 7.6% YoY. The increase of financial indexes has to do with the growth of the gold output. In particular, last year the company…
In January-February Ukraine decreased coal mining by 27.57% YoY, to 5.335 million tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, power-generating coal output dropped by 36.4%, to 3.96 million tons, while that of coking coal grew by 20.3%, to 1.374 million tons. In February coal mining decreased by 27.8% YoY, to 2.676 million…
Zabaykalye region intends to implement a pilot project of granting individual entrepreneurs patents to extract gold at lesser deposits and alluvial sites. The project will solve the problem of illegal extraction of gold in the region. The entrepreneurs will be given small sites, rejected by major companies. (Ukrainian metal)
The development of the Tekhutskoye mine has not been stopped, it has just been suspended, and the operation will start in late 2018 – early 2019. The program to develop the copper-molybdenum deposits was approved by the government in November 2007. The deposit is the second largest in the country as to copper reserves after…
In January-February Kirov Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works increased the output of copper sheet by 40% YoY. The output started growing in H2 2017, increasing by 24% YoY. The increase has to do with the growth of demand from various local companies due to their modernization. In January the works commissioned a new plate manufacturing line.…
A new arc furnace with the volume of 12 tons will start operating in April at ZEMZ. Its capacity is 27 thousand tons of steel per year. Previously the company operated only 2 furnaces, which provided the combined output of 3800 tons of liquid steel per month. The commissioning of another furnace will increase output…
Norilsk Nickel has started replacing bridge cranes in the nickel electrolysis shop of Kola Iron and Steel Works. It is planned to assemble 8 new bridge cranes with the cost of some 200 million rubles. The maximum lifting capacity of each new crane will be 20 tons. The replacement of cranes is one stage of…
