Russia needs no coal from occupied Donbass

Deputy economy minister Sergey Nazarov declared that Russia needed no coal from the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, occupied by the militants. “Each month we supply some 1 million tons of coal to Ukraine. But we only deliver coking coal, not power-generating coal”, he added. Nazarov also noted that there were no coal deliveries from the…

Ukraine: steel output to drop in 2017

In 2017 Ukraine could decrease steel output to 17-19 million tons. According to Metinvest marketing director Roman Kurashev, 3 works on the uncontrolled territory have been shut down, and Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works experiences coke shortage. “Because steel output will decrease, exports will drop as well”, he said. In 2016 Ukraine exported 17.3 million…

Kazakhstan: Kazzinc to invest 1.2 billion tenge in Zhairem settlement development

Kazzinc, JSC Zhairem Mining and Processing Integrated Works and administration of Karaganda region have signed a memorandum of mutual cooperation for 2017. In order to settle the key problems outlined by the president in the country’s program documents, Kazzinc has allocated 1,265,076,000 tenge for the implementation of social projects in Zhairem urban-type settlement of Karaganda…

Kyrgyzstan: only one company exporting gold ore

Only one company – Vertex Gold – exports gold ore from Kyrgyzstan, Head of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use Duishenbek Zilaliyev stated at the meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation, State Structure, Judicial, Legal Issues and Regulations of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan. According to him, the export of ore issue…

Ukraine: Metinvest pays $9 million premiums for support of Eurobond restructuring

Metinvest mining and metallurgical group on April 24, paid bonuses for supporting Eurobond restructuring, the group said on the website of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE). The press service of Metinvest reported that the amount of payment was about $9 million. In late May 2016, Metinvest and the creditors’ committee agreed Eurobond restructuring and PXF…