The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that pig iron prices will continue growing influenced by the expected growth of scrap price. By the end of November the rolled metal trade will have revived, which will allow exporters to increase prices. The forecast range of prices for November is $320-370 per ton FOB. In October negative trends…
Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works has finished capital repairs of two sections of its ore-processing factory No. 1. According to the company statement, in September the seventh, and in late October the eighth sections of the factory were commissioned. Investments in modernization totaled 400 million UAH. During the repair equipment at all the technological sites…
Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk has said that coalmining companies will get UAH 1 billion in November-December for the purchase of new mining equipment. “For the first time in four years, the government of Vladimir Groysman has allocated UAH 1 billion for technical re-equipment. I think that in November-December, these funds will be…
Ingulets Mining and Processing Works is suffering from the shortage of open cars. “In 9 days of November we received only 578 open cars out of 1464 we ordered from Ukzaliznytsia. Thus, the fulfillment of the orders is 39%. What a service!” the company CEO Alexander Gerasimchuk wrote on his Facebook page. Because of this…
Energomashspetsstal has signed a contract to produce and deliver a large roll to Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. The supporting roll will be used in the 3600 plate hot-rolling mill. The weight of the roll will be 120 tons. This is the first time that Mariupol Ilyich orders such a large roll from EMSS.…
Gold production in Russia’s northern Chukotka Autonomous District decreased by 12% YoY, to almost 22 tons and silver output fell by 20%, to 110.3 tons in January-October because of contraction of gold production at the Kupol, Dvoinoye, and Valunistoye fields, the regional government said in a statement on November 10. Placer gold output grew by…
A gold-bearing deposit with the reserves of some 100 tons has been found on the territory of Dagestan. The auction for the deposit will be held in 2018. The prospects of the Kurush ore node were confirmed in 2007-2010. In 2014 the Federal budget gave 150 million rubles for prospecting work in the Dagestani Mountains.…
The rolling shop No. 1 of Zlatoustovsky Electrometallurgical Works has started producing 150×680 mm and 150×700 mm slabs of 12X18H10T steel. The metal will be supplied to the Volgograd Iron and Steel Works “Krasniy Oktyabr”. “Such wide slabs have been produced at the ZEMZ 1150-mill for the first time”, the company noted. (Ukrainian metal)