The Severniy Mining and Processing Works shareholders decided to spend half of 3.6 billion UAH of net profit, received in 2016, on dividends (1.8 billion UAH). The rest will become undistributed profit. The company current liabilities last year increased by 58.2%, to 5.9 billion UAH, and fixed – by 11.9%, to 2.2 billion UAH, with…
In 2016 Sibir-Polymetally, a part of UMMC, decreased capital investments 3.6-fold YoY, to 1.08 billion rubles. According to the company statement, new equipment was purchased for 108.7 million rubles, and capital repairs saw the investments of 550.1 million rubles. Last year the company received 205.833 million rubles of net losses as opposed to 97.814 million…
The Federal Customs Service has put Chelyabinsk Zinc Works in the low risk category. The customs control of products exported from or purchased by ChelZinc will be carried out not in full volume. “The main advantage of this registry is the saving of time when products move through the customs border of Russia. This is…
Last year’s blackout has reportedly cost the Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO) more than $8 million. Over the first two months of this year, Tajik aluminum smelter has reduced aluminum production by 36.3% YoY, according to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies (MoINT). In January-February, TALCO produced only 16,300 tons of primary aluminum, down by…
In January-February Russia imported 78.1 thousand tons of ferrous scrap from Kazakhstan, up 2.4-fold. This is also the highest result for the last several years. Chelyabinsk region imported 46% of Kazakh scrap, Krasnoyarsk krai – 32%, and Saint Petersburg – 8%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-February Russia imported 281.5 thousand tons of steel products from Kazakhstan, up by 115% YoY. According to the customs statistics, flat rolled steel accounted for 92% of imports, with 56% being steel of 3 mm thickness and higher, up 3-fold YoY. Sheet steel accounted for 33%, up 1.8-fold. Galvanized steel supplies increased by 103.4%,…
The largest Russian gold miner Polyus in January-March increased output by 17% YoY, to 450 thousand ounces. According to the company statement, the growth was stipulated by the output increase at Olimpiada, Blagodatnoye and Kuranakh deposits. Ore processing increased by 4%, to 6.6 million tons. Ore mining went up by 26%, to 8.6 million tons.…
In 2016 the total earnings of Chelyabinsk Zinc Works increased by 26% YoY, to 30347 million rubles. The main driver for the growth was the zinc price rise at LME – by 9% YoY, to $2095 per ton. The company net profits totaled 4016 million rubles as opposed to 3750 million rubles in 2015. EBITDA…