Kazakhstan: KazZinc output to increase in 2017

This year KazZinc intends to produce 320 thousand tons of zinc. “Our capacity is 295 thousand tons, but we produce 302-305 thousand tons. This year we believe we could produce 320 thousand tons, by slightly adjusting the technology”, the company CEO Alexander Khmelev said. In 2016 KazZinc produced 305.5 thousand tons of zinc, thus this…

Russia: Lermontovsky GOK director replaced

The acting governor of the Primorye region Andrei Tarasenko while visiting the Lermontovsky Mining and Processing Works decided to fire the company director Vladimir Kalinovsky. According to the press-service of the regional authorities, the ex-top manager of the company Yuri Danilov has been appointed the new director. Lermontovsky GOK is one of the two tungsten…

Russia: BMZ right to produce metal structures for Europe, Asia and America confirmed

Bryansk Machine-Building Works has passed the certification for the correspondence to the requirements of European standards in welding manufacture quality management system. BMZ has confirmed its correspondence to DIN EN 15085-2:2017 and EN ISO 3834-2:2005, thus it can produce metal structures for customers from Europe, Asia and America. The company is also the first in…

Russia: Murmansk Regional Duma deputies visit Kola MMC

Members of the Murmansk Regional Duma have held an on-site meeting at Kola MMC that focused on the company’s environmental protection policy and improvement in environmental performance. The deputies reviewed the company’s environmental efforts and the progress of the Year of the Environment initiatives. Regional MPs paid a visit to the disposal facility for saline…

Russia: Mordashov reelected member of WSA executive committee

The Board of Directors of the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) has elected Alexey Mordashov, Chairman of PAO Severstal, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated steel and steel-related mining companies, a member of the association’s 2017/2018 executive committee at Worldsteel’s 51th General Assembly in Brussels, Belgium. Alexey Mordashov is the only Russian representative in Worldsteel’s…

Russia: Metalloinvest starts pilot operation of concentrate intake facility at Mikhailovsky GOK

Metalloinvest has started pilot operation of the concentrate intake facility at Mikhailovsky GOK. The company has invested 1.3 billion rubles in the project. The maximum design capacity of the facility is 3.2 million tons of concentrate per year. During the facility’s pilot operation, the company specialists will adjust the equipment and operating models in order…