At night there was a methane ignition at the DTEK Novodonetskaya mine.
As the result 4 miners got light burns.
The ignition occurred on the No. 3 northern face. At the time 122 miners were in the shaft. All of them returned to the surface. (Ukrainian metal)
Coal stocks at Ukrainian thermal power plants from June 6 through June 12 increased by 1.8%, to 2.52 million tons.
According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, anthracite coal stocks increased by 6.8%, to 608.8 thousand tons, gas-coal – by 0.4%, to 1.91 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
The Annual General Meeting of shareholders (AGM) of PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel was held on June 9. The AGM approved the final dividend for the full financial year 2016 in the amount of RUB 446.10 per ordinary share (approximately $7.83 at the RUB/USD exchange rate set by the Russian Central Bank as of April 28,…
Within the framework of the International Exhibition “Astana EXPO-2017” in the pavilion The World of Nuclear Energy the signing of memorandums between NAC Kazatomprom JSC and Cameco Corporation, Uranium One Inc., CGN and AREVA was held. All four documents determine the opportunities for cooperation in implementing in Kazatomprom the tasks outlined in the Address of…
The temporary duties on Ukrainian rebars, imposed by Egypt, will damage metal industry for several hundred million dollars. “At present Egypt is on the fifth position among countries which buy metal from Ukraine, and that’s 5%. Exports to Egypt started falling, they will fall by 5%, or by several hundred million dollars per year”, the…
Evraz-Ukraine says is does not cooperate with the companies on the Ukraine-uncontrolled territories, nor does it supply metal there. The company notes that there are cases of illegal use of the Evraz brand without the corresponding consent. Earlier the Information Resistance group claimed that major Russian companies, including Evraz, were cooperating with the so-called Donetsk…
In 2017 Norilsk Nickel intends to buy as much palladium to its special fund as last year.
According to the financial director Sergey Malyshev, the prices are not “in the best shape” now. There would be no increase in the number of investors.
In 2016 Nornickel bought 5 tons of palladium. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-May the volume of industrial output totaled 84.7 billion soms, up by 34.7% YoY, but down by 24.2% from 2015. The increase this year was the result of metal output (1.5-fold) and metallic ore mining (3.9-fold) growth. The National Statistics Committee also notes that the country exported 1.5-fold more gold and 1.6-fold more precious…
In January-May Russian coal exports increased by 6% YoY, to 73.528 million tons.
According to the Ministry of energy, in May Russia exported 15.347 million tons of coal.
In January-May coal mining totaled 165.626 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Interpipe has appointed Igor Basay the new HR director. Basay has previously held the same office in PepsiCo Russia, and also worked at British American Tobacco, Kellogg’s as well as in the energy sphere. “Mr. Basay has the experience of managing personnel in major foreign holdings. I am sure his experience will strengthen our team”,…
The EBRD is arranging a $350 million syndicated loan to JSC ShalkiyaZinc Ltd, a Kazakh mining company, for the expansion of the Shalkiya zinc and lead mine in the Kyzylorda region as well as the construction of a new processing plant at the site. The loan is in line with the bank’s strategy of supporting…
The Almalyk Iron and Steel Works in Tashkent region started the construction of a lead plant with a capacity of about 30,000 tons per year, reads a message posted on the website of the Almalyk Complex. The plant is expected to be built in 2017-2019, according to the message. The cost of the lead plant…
The advisor to the minister of energy and coal industry Maxim Bilyavsky reported that the purchase of pipes for the construction of interconnector would start in autumn. Ukrtransgaz and Gaz-System (Poland) have signed an agreement to construct a gas pipeline between the countries. The length of the pipeline will be 99.3 km, and the project…
The Novovolynskaya No. 9 mine first shift miners refused to get into the shaft because of the non-payment of salary, but after negotiations with the management, went underground. “The reason of the protest is the non-payment of salary. They have been paid 54% of April salary, and have seen no money since then. While the…
This year Olkon will get a new crushing complex. A site is being prepared for it at the entrance to Olenegorsk quarry. “The 130-million project will help Olkon produce the high quality breakstone for its own use and to sell”, Olkon executive director Alexei Borisov said. The capacity of the crushing machine is 60 thousand…
The coal terminal of the Eastern mining company is increasing coal throughput. In early June the coal seaport of Shakhtersk exported 1-millionth ton of coal. Last year such a volume was reached on June 23, thus the port improved its indexes by 3 weeks. In late May the port also set a daily record of…
RZhD Logistika will provide services on logistics consulting to Norilsk Nickel. The corresponding agreement has been signed within the XII international railroad business forum “Strategic Partnership 1520”. RZhD Logistika will analyze the Nornickel transport schemes and its overhaul plans, creating the consulting report on the transport model. “Logistic consulting for such a major company as…
During the Metal Structures 2017 exhibition the application of used pipes in construction has been discussed. “Steel pipes are used more and more often in various metal structures, and it is important to pay attention to the quality of the material, as it affects the quality of the structures and buildings as well as the…
In January-March DTEK mined 8.36 million tons of coal, up by 15.7% YoY. Coal concentrate output in Q1 increased by 29.2% YoY, to 4.27 million tons. It should be noted that DTEK started buying coal for its thermal power plants in South African Republic and Poland to cover the shortages of coal deliveries from the…
The largest pig iron manufacturer of Russia – Tulachermet – has signed an 8-billion rubles loan agreement with Alfa-bank for 3 years. The money will be spent to refinance the company current debts. “Alfa-bank has offered good conditions, thanks to which we have been able to optimize the structure of our loan portfolio”, the Promyshlenno-metallurgichecskiy…
PJSC “MMC “Norilsk Nickel” has closed its $500-million Eurobond offering maturing in April 2022 with an annual coupon rate of 3.849%. The proceeds from the issue will be used for general corporate purposes and capital investments. Sergey Malyshev, the company’s Senior Vice-president and Chief Financial Officer, commented: “With this Eurobond placement we achieved our main…
DTEK Energo intends to increase investments into Pavlogradugol and Dobropolyeugol by 40% YoY, to 4.2 billion UAH. “In Pavlogradugol we will invest 3.2 billion UAH, up by 28% YoY, in Dobropolyeugol – 1 billion UAH, up 2-fold”, the company acting CEO Dmitry Sakharuk noted. “We have already put 10 out of 33 planned long faces…
In January-May Ukraine imported $1.036 billion worth of coal, up 2-fold YoY. According to the State Fiscal Service, the major suppliers were Russia (52%), USA (25.5%) and Canada (7%). In particular Russia supplied $538.9 million worth of coal, up from $363.8 million, USA – $264.5 million, up from $83.8 million, and Canada – $72.8 million.…
The auction to develop ore gold at Antrop-Upshinskoye deposits in Altai scheduled for June 8 has been declared not taken place, as no participants arrived. The forecast reserves of the deposits are 2 tons of gold. The license for a 25-year development of the site was put on sale at the initial price of 1.5…
In January-May Zaporozhogneupor produced 41.356 thousand tons of refractories, up by 2% YoY.
In May output increased by 8% YoY, to 8.912 thousand tons.
Zaporozhogneupor is the largest manufacturer of refractory products and materials in Ukraine. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2017 the mining company Lunen intends to extract 100 thousand tons of iron ore at the Berezovskoye Deposits in Zabaikalsky krai. In 2014-2016 the company mined 270 thousand tons of iron ore. The initial project on the deposits development presupposed the mining of 10 million tons of ore per year and the construction of…