Aksu Ferroalloy Works has been chosen as the site for the new energy efficiency project, as it is a leading enterprise of KazChrome in energy saving. According to the estimates, the economical effect of the project will be 346 million tenge. The project will be carried out in 3 years. Under the project the company…
In January-June Kazakhstan produced 41161 kg of raw gold, up by 18.6% YoY. According to the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of national economy, raw silver output dropped by 13% YoY, to 543930 kg. (Ukrainian metal)
Armet LLC, a part of Anglo Russian Gold Ltd., will construct a mine with the capacity of 1.5 tons of gold per year at the Archiyskoye deposits. Investments into the construction of the mine with the ore processing capacity of 1.05 million tons will total 4.222 billion rubles. The public hearings of the project are…
The pipe works ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Aktau will create a new shop to produce steel pipes with corrosion-resistant insulation. The company will produce 24-meter pipe sections, which will decrease the welding volume and improve its quality, as the welding will be done at the plant. The project will also increase the Kazakhstani share – 80%…
In January-June KAZ Minerals produced 118 thousand tons of copper, more than doubling the previous results (56 thousand tons). In Q2 the group produced 66 thousand tons of copper, with 52 thousand tons produced in Q1. In H1 the group mined 34.4 million tons of ore, up by 56% YoY. Ore processing increased 3.8-fold, and…
Kyshtym Electrolytic Copper Plant has started making the foundation for 2 additional series of electrolysis baths. The assembly of the first equipment should end by 2018. Two new batches of baths (40 baths each) will be assembled under the investment project to increase the copper cathode output. In 2017-2018 KMEZ intends to equip the copper…
On July 27 Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine resumed steel smelting in its converter shop. The first smelting was carried out at the continuous casting machine. The blast furnace shop is expecting concentrate and sinter ore delivery. The blast furnace No. 9 is being blown. (Ukrainian metal)
The Kharkiv Works “Corum Svet Shakhtera”, a part of Corum Group, has for the first time produced 3 transformer substations for the Mine named after Space Heroes of DTEK Pavlogradugol. According to Corum, the substations will lower the energy losses of the mine by 2-5%, and because of the quality materials and the manufacture control…