In January-September Russian Copper Company produced 127.6 thousand tons of copper cathodes, up from 103.7 thousand tons YoY, and 115.8 thousand tons of copper concentrate (up from 111.9 thousand tons). Precious metals output went up as well: 2221 kg of gold ingots against 2049 kg and 53189 kg of silver ingots against 46607 kg. According…
In January-September Electrozinc (a part of UGMK) sold 3.9 billion rubles worth of products, up by 6.1% YoY. The net profits totaled 365 million rubles, up by 253 million rubles. Investments reached 132 million rubles. In January-September the company produced 49.6 thousand tons of zinc and 81.1 thousand tons of sulfuric acid, up by 18%…
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR63.16* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.897* min max min max August 407 587 384 384 September 372 587 318 421 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 30.09.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says that in the state budget for 2017 the government sets 1.8 billion UAH for mine restructuring and salary payments. He also supports the construction of Novovolynskaya No.10 mine. “If we can finish construction with 200-300 million UAH, let’s do it. This issue is very important”, he said. (Ukrainian metal)
Around 50 miners from Novovolynskaya mine No. 10 went on a hungry strike demanding their salary debts to be cleared. The miners haven’t been paid for 3 months. Other miners join them. They also demand to renew financing of the mine construction and the immediate arrival of the energy and coal industry minister Igor Nasalik.…
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR63.16* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.897* min max min max August 460 518 409 409 September 435 499 403 403 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 30.09.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
Pipes are among the most important steel products on the Russian market. According to TMK regional sales director Andrei Trofimov, in 2015 pipes accounted for 27.6% of the steel consumption on the local market, as opposed to 11.2% in the world on average. Pipe consumption increase is expected due to the revival of oil and…
Sergey Sakhnenko has been appointed the new director of the Mezhdurechensky Mining and Processing Works. According to the company statement, one of his tasks is to increase titanium ore output. He would also be responsible for certain investment projects. In January-August MGOK produced 99.4 thousand tons of products. Group DF investments exceeded 207 million UAH.…