Kazakhstan: coal price up in 2017

As of late November 2017, the coal increased in price by 27.6% (or by 2.6 thousand tenge), to 12 thousand tenge per ton, following the drop of 0.5% (52 tenge) in 2016, to 9.5 thousand tenge. In January-November 2017 coal mining reached 95.9 million tons, up by 5.2% YoY (or by 4.8 million tons). The…

Kazakhstan: Kazakhmys sums up 2017 results

In 2017 Kazakhmys Group of Companies fulfilled its manufacturing plan in advance. In particular the group produced and sold 232943 tons of cathode copper. Copper concentrate output totaled 238.300 tons. The average copper contents in the ore were 0.93%. Despite the shortage of the rolling stock Kazakhstan railroads transported 12 million tons of cargo, including…

Russia: Mechel creditors agree on restructure

Around 85% of Mechel creditors on the syndicate loan of $1 billion support the restructure conditions. In November 2017 Mechel reported that over half of the creditors supported them. The company continued negotiating. For the deal to be successful the company needed the approval of at least 75% of creditors. At present some 78% of…