During the Metal Structures 2017 exhibition the application of used pipes in construction has been discussed. “Steel pipes are used more and more often in various metal structures, and it is important to pay attention to the quality of the material, as it affects the quality of the structures and buildings as well as the…
In January-March DTEK mined 8.36 million tons of coal, up by 15.7% YoY. Coal concentrate output in Q1 increased by 29.2% YoY, to 4.27 million tons. It should be noted that DTEK started buying coal for its thermal power plants in South African Republic and Poland to cover the shortages of coal deliveries from the…
The largest pig iron manufacturer of Russia – Tulachermet – has signed an 8-billion rubles loan agreement with Alfa-bank for 3 years. The money will be spent to refinance the company current debts. “Alfa-bank has offered good conditions, thanks to which we have been able to optimize the structure of our loan portfolio”, the Promyshlenno-metallurgichecskiy…
PJSC “MMC “Norilsk Nickel” has closed its $500-million Eurobond offering maturing in April 2022 with an annual coupon rate of 3.849%. The proceeds from the issue will be used for general corporate purposes and capital investments. Sergey Malyshev, the company’s Senior Vice-president and Chief Financial Officer, commented: “With this Eurobond placement we achieved our main…
DTEK Energo intends to increase investments into Pavlogradugol and Dobropolyeugol by 40% YoY, to 4.2 billion UAH. “In Pavlogradugol we will invest 3.2 billion UAH, up by 28% YoY, in Dobropolyeugol – 1 billion UAH, up 2-fold”, the company acting CEO Dmitry Sakharuk noted. “We have already put 10 out of 33 planned long faces…
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)
