Russia: Chukotka gold output down in 2020

Gold production on Russia’s Chukotka peninsula decreased by 0.16% YoY, to 25.42 tons in 2020, a representative of the regional government’s department for natural resources and environment reported in January 19. Production of silver fell by 4.99%, to 106.105 tons. Production of Chukotka Mining and Geological Company, a unit of Kinross Gold, fell by 5.4%,…

Ukraine: Interpipe Steel turns 9

In January, Interpipe Steel turns 9 years old. This is the first metal plant in Ukraine built from scratch during the years of Independence and the largest green investment in the industry ($1 billion). Construction allowed shutting down environment-damaging open-hearth manufacture and decreasing CO2 emission almost 10-fold. The company already corresponds to the standards and…

Ukraine: coke export-import in 2020

In 2020, Ukraine increased export of coke and semi-coke 4-fold YoY, to 58.093 thousand tons valued at $8.702 million, up 3.2-fold. According to the State Customs Service, the main customer was Turkey (65.95%), followed by Georgia (11.52%) and Poland (9.75%). Last year Ukraine imported 382.148 thousand tons of coke and semi-coke valued at $82.421 million,…

Ukraine: pipe exports down in 2020

In 2020, Ukraine exported 473.1 thousand tons of pipes valued at $521.9 million, down by 22.8% and by 22% YoY respectively. According to the State Customs Service, in December 2020 exports dropped by 13.4%, to 41.1 thousand tons valued at $43.2 million, down by 19.3%. Seamless pipes accounted for 350.6 thousand tons ($448.7 million), other…