In 2017 Metinvest Group decreased iron ore raw materials output. In particular, iron ore concentrate production dropped by 7% YoY, to 27.464 million tons. Iron ore pellets manufacture fell also by 7%, to 5.742 million tons, mostly because the group ceased deliveries to customers situated on the Ukraine-uncontrolled territory. Coal concentrate output decreased by 15%,…
Russian aluminum producer UC RUSAL has settled a dispute over the Alscon plant with Nigeria, Bloomberg reported late on January 31, citing Nigeria’s Steel and Mining Minister Kayode Fayemi. Nigeria will have a 20% stake in the plant and RUSAL will have 80%. The share of RUSAL in the operating company is 85%, according to…
A 25-year-old man died in a collapsed mine in Kara-Tyt village, Aksy district of Jalal-Abad region, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. According to it, the resident of a village located near the pit illegally mined coal when it collapsed. Rescuers of the ministry took out the body and handed it over to relatives. (24.kg/Ukrainian…
The state enterprise Selidovugol received 847 self-rescuers out of 2 thousand pieces that it needed. “Selidovugol needs 2 thousand self-rescuers. It has received the first batch of 847 pieces. The enterprise is waiting for the second batch”, the chairman of the Independent Miners Union of Ukraine Mikhail Volynets wrote on his Facebook page. Last summer…
The special commission on environment issues of the city of Kamenskoye has visited Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine and checked the measures to decrease pollution. The commission was created last autumn after numerous complaints of citizens on the worsening of the ecological situation, including considerable volumes of pollution from the combine after it resumed operation.…
This year Primorsky Mining and Processing Works intends to keep concentrate output on the previous year level, or 2700 tons of tungsten and 1600 tons of copper concentrate. The GOK is developing the Vostok-2 deposits. As of 2017 their reserves were enough for 4-5 years. But the terms of development could decrease because of the…
In 2018 Russkiy Ugol intends to increase coal output at the Sayano-Partizansky pit in Krasnoyarsk region by 20% YoY. For the first time in 27 years the pit will yield 1 million tons of coal. Last year the output totaled 842 thousand tons of coal, up by 7% YoY and by 4% from the plan.…
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has approved the construction of a new mining and processing complex at the Tebinbulak deposits. The complex will have been constructed by 2024. The total cost of the construction is estimated at $1.5 billion, with a part to be represented by a loan from Chinese banks. The Tebinbulak titanium-magnetite ore…