In November Russia produced 6.025 million tons of steel, up by 1.4% YoY, but down from 6.225 million tons in October. In 11 months steel output totaled 66.453 million tons, up by 2.9% YoY. Ukraine decreased steel output in November by 4.9% YoY, to 1.85 million tons (1.91 million tons in October). In January-November Ukraine…
Ormet is finishing the construction of infrastructure at the Luchistoye quarry needed to start mining. The site has electricity, water supply system and lighting. The depth of the quarry is 20 meters. The first tons of ore will be extracted from below 30 meters. By the end of the year the company plans to have…
Kazakh company Kazatomprom has delayed its delivery of uranium to Iran as it is seeking the permission of six world powers involved in the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal. Galymzhan Pirmatov, Kazatomprom’s chairman, was quoted by Financial Tribune daily as saying that the delivery of uranium concentrate to Iran could be possible only after obtaining permission…
The head quarters of Highland Gold Mining will be moved to the business center on 4, Smolensky Boulevard. The company has already signed an agreement with KR Properties. The size of the premises near the “Park Kultury” subway station is 1.7 thousand square meters. The price of the deal is not disclosed. The move will…
Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL has approved of all conditions that hydropower giant RusHydro has set for its participation in construction of the Taishet aluminum smelter, RusHydro CEO Nikolai Shulginov declared. “They’ve approved them. We are now to take them into account while developing necessary documents, and if we don’t, we will stop,” he said.…
In 2018 Vysochaishiy (GV Gold) intends to produce up to 3 tons of gold at the Taryn Mining and Processing Works at the Drazhnoye deposits in Yakutia. The factory started operating in May and already reached project output. In 2017 it is expected to process 530 thousand tons of ore with the average gold content…
In January-October Russia imported 130.7 thousand tons of steel pipes from Germany, up 11-fold YoY. June witnessed the record-high import volumes of 53.7 thousand tons. In May, July and September the deliveries were also considerable (22-25 thousand tons per months). But in October imports dropped (to 1.1 thousand tons). 95% of the imports are large…
In 2017 Vostsibugol LLC, mining coal in Irkutsk region, increased output by 2.8% from the plan, having obtained 14.3 million tons. 1.3 million tons of coal were exported. Mining target for 2018 is 16.2 million tons. In December the company started developing the Nygdinskaya site with the reserves of 3.1 million tons of coal. In…