Russia: Kolyma gold-mining growing

In January-July Magadan region fulfilled the gold-mining plan by 51%, having obtained 15.9 tons of gold, up by 2.9 tons YoY. This year the region intends to get 30.9 tons of gold. The growth has been provided by the ore companies, which have mined 2.5 tons more than in 2016. The most gold has been…

Azerbaijan: metal imports in H1 2017

In January-June Azerbaijan imported 133.7 thousand tons of rolled metal, down by 1.4% YoY, valued at $83.536 million. According to the statistics, ferrous rods imports increased by 15.9%, to 52.835 thousand tons valued at $26.963 million, ferrous angles by 36.6%, to 19.115 thousand tons at $13.383 million, while imports of ferrous pipes dropped by 66.5%…

Russia: Amurmetal starts exporting to Asia

The Amurmetal plant, the only metallurgical facility in Russia’s Far East, that resumed operations in late July after a 6-month shutdown, has launched exports to Asia, the Far East Development Ministry said quoting Vladimir Lebedev, CEO of Torex-Khabarovsk, a resident of the Khabarovsk priority development area, on August 18. “Over 60% of the products is…

Uzbekistan: AMMC to channel $420 million towards development of “Yoshlik II” deposit

The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed a decree “On additional measures on further development of JSC “Almalyk MMC”. The document was adopted in order to accelerate the sustainable development of production facilities of JSC “Almalyk MMC”, expanding the raw material base of the plant, attracting the advanced technologies in the development of deposits…

Russia: Amurmetal makes 30,000 tons of steel

The Amurmetal plant, the only metallurgical facility in Russia’s Far East, resumed operations in late July after a 6-month shutdown to produce 30,000 tons of steel, the Far East Development Ministry said quoting Vladimir Lebedev, CEO of Torex-Khabarovsk, a resident of the Khabarovsk priority development area. “Torex bought the facility in late January to become…