The prosecutor’s office of the Russia-occupied Crimea has stopped trading operations of Valki-Ilmenit LLC in Zhitomir region without the special license to use subsoil resources. This has been reported by the General Prosecutor of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko. Valki-Ilmenit is the only quarry supplying raw materials to the occupied Crimean Titanium. (Ukrainian metal)
The scrap export limitation is the necessary means of regulation on behalf of the government. According to the state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa director Vladimir Vlasyuk, it is necessary to limit export of scrap, but not to completely prohibit it. “I understand the discussions between scrap procurers and consumers. But the current duty still allows traders to…
In January-May Kosogorsky Iron and Steel Works increased share of sales of pig iron both locally and abroad 1.7-fold, from 47% to 81%. The company has also increased the output of high-quality pig iron, having supplied 20.6 thousand tons to local and foreign customers, or 70% of the total sales in May. (Ukrainian metal)
The only alluvial gold extractor in Sakhalin region – Vostok-2 – has as of June 23 obtained 13 kg of gold. The company started washing sand on May 17. The washing season will end in October. The target of this year is 75 kg of gold, up by 41% YoY, or by 22 kg. Vostok-2…
In July Ukraine will produce 1.7 million tons of steel. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, pig iron output will total 1.6 million tons and rolled metal – 1.4 million tons. For June Ukrmetallurgprom forecast steel output on the level of 1.6 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
The state gas company Ukrgazdobycha has ordered Interpipe Ukraine LLC the delivery of 3439 tons of compressor-pump pipes valued at 174.99 million UAH. According to the agreement the pipes have to be supplied in June-August. In May Ukrgazdobycha bought 17 thousand tons of casing pipes valued at 839.2 million UAH from Interpipe. In 2016 Interpipe…
Ukrainian Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman claims that none of the state companies buys coal from Russia. According to him, the Cabinet of Ministers does its best to diversify coal deliveries. “We’re replacing coal with other fuel types, especially anthracite coal, which is now on Ukrainian mines, seized by Russia-supported militants”, he said. (Ukrainian metal)
In May industrial output in Ukraine increased by 1.2% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, quarrying production decreased by 4.6%. Metal output dropped by 8%, coke – by 20.6%. (Ukrainian metal)
