In January-March Metalloinvest produced 10.07 million tons of iron ore, up by 0.4% YoY. Pellets output increased by 0.2%, to 5.98 million tons, hot-briquetted iron production dropped by 0.6% YoY, to 1.47 million tons. Pig iron manufacture decreased by 14.6% YoY, to 0.64 million tons, steel – went up by 12.6%, to 1.23 million tons.…
For the last year the Mariupol metal companies underreceived 6 million tons of raw materials. “That’s some 1 million tons of underproduced pig iron and 1 million tons of pig iron, produced with uncompetitive cost price due to time consuming supplies”, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works CEO Yuri Zinchenko wrote on his Facebook page.…
After three months of forced idleness Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Plant has put the second manufacturing wing into operation. 4 structural divisions of the enterprise renewed operation. This provided full-time labor for all the employees (around 4 thousand people). In late January because of the constant problems with electricity due to military activity the works…
The reduction of uranium mining in Kazakhstan facilitated price increase for the metal, the country’s Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said at a government hour in Majilis. “Today, there is an increase in supply on the world uranium market. This trend arose after the Fukushima incident in 2011 and it continues. Last year, the price of…
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan was briefed on the process automation system at EvrazKaspianStal, which allowed increased production volume and ensured high quality. The metallurgical plant is an innovative project implemented jointly with Russian partners. Company’s technical equipment and level automation meet the requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution “Industrialization 4.0” concept. The plant processes and…
In the first three months of 2017, Kumtor Gold Company produced 127,400 ounces or 3962.59 kg of gold and contributed more than 2.2 billion soms in taxes and mandatory payments. Gold production for the first quarter of 2017 was 127,400 ounces compared to 86,444 ounces of gold in the comparative period of 2016. The increase…
The Opposition block deputy Natalia Korolevskaya has put on sale the Lviv Coal Company, owner of the Chervonograd Central Processing Factory. All the key market players received offers: DTEK, Donbasenergo and the unofficial curator of the state coal industry Vitaly Kropachev, who owns three processing factories. In March the privatization of the Chervonograd Factory was…
Volynugol ordered Zakhystprom Trade LLC the delivery of filtering equipment valued at 3.23 million UAH. By the end of the year the company will have supplied 340 self-rescuers at 9500 UAH apiece. In April Lisichanskugol bought similar self-rescuers from another supplier at 8326 UAH apiece, or 12% cheaper. In Russia, according to Lvivugol, such self-rescuers…