National Atomic Company of Kazatomprom has held a coordination meeting in Shymkent attended by the heads and specialists of subsidiaries’ IT departments. The meeting was mainly dedicated to the targets of rapid technology modernization including implementation of digital technologies and robot automation at uranium production, the company press-service reports. CEO of Kazatomprom Askar Zhumagaliyev said…
Metinvest mining and metal group has paid $5.202 million of interest on new $1.197 billion notes due on December 31, 2021, the group has reported on the website of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE). In addition, Metinvest capitalized $12.253 million of interest over the period, as the group did not have extra free funds exceeding…
Ukraine has received a confirmation of the arrival of the working group from USA on May 23. At present Ukraine is reviewing three sources of coal. “There are three sources, from where we intend to buy coal. The first is Richards Bay in South Africa. DTEK and Tekhnova are the main importers. Then its Kazakhstan,…
In March Russia exported 1.28 million tons of non-alloyed steel semi-finished products, up by 0.9% MoM, but down by 10.3% YoY. According to the customs statistics, in January-March exports totaled 3.72 million tons, up by 1.9% YoY, but down by 2.3% from 2015. Earnings increased by 72%, to $1460 million. This is the highest result…
In January-March Russia exported 781 thousand tons of raw aluminum valued at $1317 million. The results are up by 3.8% and by 36.7% YoY respectively, though somewhat lower than the 2015 level. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March Uranium One increased its earnings 5-fold YoY, to $67.9 million. The corrected net profits totaled $21.1 million, up 7.5-fold YoY. Uranium output dropped to 1110 tons. Uranium One is the fourth largest uranium producer in the world. Last year it yielded 4919 tons of uranium. (Ukrainian metal)
Uralmashzavod has concluded a contract for the delivery of an EKG-20 excavator to Mechel. The No. 18 machine will be operating at Neryungrinsky open-pit of Yakutugol, a part of Mechel. The excavator will be supplied in late 2017. Last year the company received 2 similar excavators. One has already been successfully put into operation. (Ukrainian…
Rusal has announced the completion of Boksitogorsk Alumina Works modernization. Within the project, lasting from October 2015 till May 2017 the works received grinding and processing equipment to increase the corundum output to 79 thousand tons. In particular, the company increased refractory capacities by 6 thousand tons, and abrasive – by 4 thousand tons per…