Ukraine: ZZF output down in January-September 2020

In January-September, Zaporozhye Ferro Alloys Plant decreased ferroalloys output by 23% YoY, to 153.3 thousand tons. In particular, silicomanganese manufacture dropped by 34.6%, to 71.65 thousand tons, and ferrosilicon – by 20.4%, to 44.88 thousand tons, while ferromanganese grew by 23%, to 34.56 thousand tons. Metallurgical manganese output fell by 56.8%, to 2.21 thousand tons.…

Ukraine: the only gold mine starts operating

After 15 years of idle time, the only gold-extracting enterprise in Ukraine – Muzhiyevskiy gold mine – has resumed operation. In addition to gold it can also produce zinc. Avellana Gold operates its processing factory at the deposit. Overall capacity will reach 500 thousand tons of ore per year. The previous enterprise went bankrupt n…