In April Coal Energy S.A. decreased coal output by 66.4% (by 15.3 thousand tons) YoY, to 7.7 thousand tons. According to the company statement, output went up 3.8-fold MoM, or by 5.7 thousand tons. Coal Energy unites 10 coalmines. It supplied coal to thermal power plants, coke and cement works. It also exported to Bulgaria,…
In January-March the thermal power plants of DTEK Zakhidenergo consumed 173 thousand tons of coal, mined by Volynugol and Lvivugol, or 74% of their total sales. In 2016 the DTEK share in Lviv-Volyn miners sales was 66% (667 thousand tons), in 2015 – 49% (486 thousand tons). At present the purchase of Ukrainian coal is…
Rosterminalugol JSC, the largest dedicated coal port in the Baltic region, a part of Russia’s largest coal port holding Port Management Company LLC, says it has exported 8 million tons of coal this year (as of May 17). According to the company, the terminal’s throughput surged by 41% YoY. The milestone ton was loaded onto…
In January-March Metalloinvest produced 600 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 8.5% YoY. According to the company statement, the decrease of the output has to do with the repairs of a blast furnace, as well as the shorter calendar work time. Steel output increased by 1.1%, to 1.2 million tons. Russia’s share in the…
The Verkhovnaya Rada committee on industrial policy and entrepreneurship recommended the parliament to extend the scrap export duty of 30 euro per ton for 2 years. According to the state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa in 2016 scrap procurement reached 3.5 million tons, the minimum volume for the past 20 years. (Ukrainian metal)
The negotiations between administration of Evraz Sukhaya Balka and miners on the salary increase are underway. As the result of the meetings held on May 12, 15 and 16, the administration decided to review its previous decision on wage increase. The company is prepared to increase salary by 20%. Taking into account the 3% increase…
In Q1 Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works finished the reorganization of its coalmining company Belon. Within the program 7 companies, previously a part of Belon, joined MMK-ugol. MMK controls 67.76% of MMK-ugol. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March VSMPO-Avisma received 5.07 billion rubles of net profits, down by 34% YoY. Earnings totaled 17.9 billion rubles, down by 3%. The company accounts receivable increased to 20.1 billion rubles, while accounts payable dropped to 6.46 billion rubles. (Ukrainian metal)