In January-June MidUral Group enterprises sold 6.2 thousand tons of ferroalloys. In particular the group sold 3.3 thousand tons of metallic chrome (down from 3.9 thousand tons in H1 2016), 2.1 thousand tons of ferrochrome (2.5 thousand tons), 156 tons of ferrotitanium (272 tons) and 826 tons of other ferroalloys (449 tons). Customers also received…
Employees of the Rodinskaya mine (the state enterprise Mirnogradugol) went underground but refused working as a sign of protest against the non-payment of salary. According to the chairman of the Independent Miners Union Mikhail Volynets, the miners demand full clearing of July salary debts and advance payment for August. The miners remember the words of…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry has recommended increasing the sale price of coal from state mines for power-generating companies and combined heat and power plants by 5%, to 2200 UAH per ton (without VAT and transport costs) to make the enterprises profitable. The corresponding decision was made at the meeting chaired by the…
By the end of 2017, Bystrinsky GOK will have received over 30 new units of modern mining and auxiliary equipment. Overall, the initiative will see around RUB 4 billion in funding from Nornickel. In August, Bystrinsky GOK added four BELAZ mining trucks to its fleet, with another six to be delivered by the end of…
PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih at ArcelorMittal Academy hosted the scheduled round table devoted to fulfillment of steelmaking environment commitments and improvement of environment situation in Kriviy Rih. Among participants of the round table were representatives of local NGOs, environment activists, PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih administration, Trade union, Kriviy Rih Executive Committee of the City Council,…
A sudden methane release occurred at about 4 am on August 30 in Shakhtinsk, Karaganda region, at one of the Arcelor Mittal Temirtau mines, the MIA Emergency Situations Committee spokesperson, Ruslan Imankulov reported. According to preliminary data, 136 people were in the mine at the time of the accident. It is reported that three miners…
The Belarus Iron and Steel Works has produced 1 million tons of hot-rolled seamless pipes, the company’s spokesman Alexander Olesik reported. The milestone was reached by brigade No. 1 of the plant’s pipe manufacturing facility on August 30. These pipes are intended for the oil and gas industry and will be delivered to a U.S.…
In H1 2017 Mariupol-based metal companies again entered the TOP-100 largest taxpayers. In January-June the largest taxpayers paid 176 billion UAH of taxes, up by 21% YoY. Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works occupies the 68th position, having paid 286 million UAH, up by 5% YoY. Azovstal is on the 70th place with 279 million…