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…
Since the beginning of 2017 the Trading House MMK LLC has sold over 75 thousand tons of rolled metal in Kazakhstan, up 2-fold YoY. The company has long and successfully been operating on the Kazakhstan market, increasing sales. In May the company sold its record volume of metal – 20 thousand tons. Trading House MMK…
In May Dneprospetsstal produced 22348 tons of steel, up by 3% MoM. At the same time rolled metal output dropped by 1.9%, to 14338 tons. The total cost of products manufactured in May was 689339 thousand UAH, down by 1.5% MoM. In January-May DSS produced 105896 tons of steel and 70788 tons of rolled metal,…
Zagorsky Pipe Works has shipped a trial batch of corrosion-resistant pipes to RN-Vankor, a daughter company of Rosneft. The pipes will be used in the repair of pipelines. ZTZ shipped 720×17.5 pipes, made of 09GSF corrosion-resistant steel with insulation. “This is the second batch of pipes sent to RN-Vankor”, the company commercial director Dmitry Simankov…
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has produced a trial batch of hot-rolled coils according to API Specification 5L. The coils will be used in the manufacture of electric welded pipes, the company CEO Yuri Zinchenko reported. The coils were produced of B-grade steel, and their size is 4.7×1190 and 5.7×1190 mm. “The trial batch…