Valki-Ilmenit, despite the cancellation of license, goes on mining raw materials in Zhytomir region for Crimean Titanium, connected with Dmitry Firtash. “On the territory of Zhytomir region there is Valki-Ilmenit LLC, a sole quarry which supplies raw materials to the occupied Crimea, to Crimean Titanium. On March 28, the State Geology Service cancelled its license…
Poland’s Weglokoks has no plans to import coal from Russia, the company said in a statement following a report by newspaper Rzeczpospolita that it plans to do so due to the lack of own production. “There are many possible directions of coal imports. They are currently being analyzed, but preliminary understanding of the markets already…
Employees of Georezerv TK CJSC are on an indefinite strike, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Mining and Metallurgical Trade Union of Kyrgyzstan Eldar Tadzhibaev reported. According to him, the workers completely stopped the work of Ak-Tyuz processing plant in connection with the non-fulfillment of the requirements for payment of wages, provision with overalls,…
On June 20 the state enterprise VostGOK Ingulskaya mine was allowed to develop a new zone of uranium ores within the range of the blocks-of-flats in Kropivnitsky. At the same time Smolinskaya mine employees intend to go on a strike. VostGOK has been allowed to work at the site for 10 years, and the company…
Russia and Ukraine plan to sign a new contract on supply of Ukrainian uranium to Russia in summer, International Uranium Enrichment Center General Director Gleb Yefremov said. “This year the agreement on creation of the IUEC was renewed for another 10-year period, but given the current inexplicable prices for uranium, for uranium fuel components, we…
Poland’s Weglokoks plans to import Russian coal. The company has already received consent from the government. Poland produces 80,000-110,000 tons of coal daily, but needs 150,000 tons. As a result, Poland can have an up to 5 million ton shortage in 2017. Weglokoks spokesman Pawel Cyz said that the company was considering various opportunities and…
Shareholders of Ordzhonikidze Mining and Processing Works decided to change the name of the company. At the first in three years meeting they renamed the company Pokrov Mining and Processing Works. They have also approved of the reports, reelected the supervisory board, revision commission and the board. In 2013 OGOK received the net loss of…
Plants of Russian aluminum producer UC RUSAL in the cities of Bratsk, Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk have had power outages due to setbacks on the Boguchanskaya GES and Berezovskaya GRES power plant units, the Energy Ministry said in a statement on June 27. The details are being clarified, the ministry said. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)