In January-April, Ferrexpo decreased shipments of iron ore raw materials to seaports via railroad by 26.3% YoY, to 0.5 million tons. At the same time, sales to the EU grew by 40.8%, to 1.2 million tons. In particular, the Zolotnishino station shipped 3.7 million tons of iron ore, down by 13.1%. The main volume was…
Zaporizhstal has expanded its range of hot-rolled metal products. Thus, according to the order of Sahathai Steel Pipe Public Company Limited, Thailand, the company has produced hot-rolled coils with improved properties thanks to micro-alloying with boron. The new products correspond to high requirements of international standards and will be used to produce steel pipes. The…
In January-March, Russia produced 58.02 tons of gold, down by 4.6% YoY. The share of extracted gold was 80.7%, or 46.85 tons, down by 2.6%. Amur region demonstrated the largest drop – to 3.8 tons from 6.6 tons in Q1 2020. Krasnoyarsk region produced the most gold – 11.8 tons, up by 0.6%, followed by…
In April, Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works increased rolled metal output by 12.2% MoM, to 24.9 thousand tons. Pig iron manufacture grew by 0.8%, to 25.98 thousand tons, while that of steel – dropped by 2.8%, to 28.5 thousand tons. The company has also produced 40.2 thousand tons of coke, down by 3.2% MoM, but…
In January-April, Ukraine procured 1.24 million tons of ferrous scrap, up by 30.3% YoY. The growth was due to high purchasing prices. Scrap deliveries to metal works went up by 22.3%, to 1.120 million tons. Reserves are estimated at 150-160 thousand tons. Exports amounted to 87 thousand tons, up from 11.6 thousand tons in January-April…
The British Orsu Metals, developing the Sergeyevskiy gold ore deposit in Zabaikalskiy region, has backed out of buying the Rudnik Aleksandrovskiy, which develops a deposit with the same name in the region. The companies earlier had a deal to sell the Aleksandrovskiy Mining and Processing Works. Moreover, the Sergeyevskoye ore was even processed at the…
In January-April, Ukraine exported 6.56 million tons of ferrous metals valued at $6.56 million, up by 4.1% and by 38.6% YoY respectively. Scrap exports amounted to 87 thousand tons, pig iron – 954.3 thousand tons (-0.6%) and semi-finished products (square billets, slabs, etc.) – 2576 thousand tons (+0.5%). Semi-finished products accounted for 39.3% of exports,…
In April, Zaporizhstal produced 362.4 thousand tons of pig iron, up by 30.6% YoY. Steel output grew by 49.4%, to 334.4 thousand tons, and rolled metal – by 27.6%, to 281.9 thousand tons. The growth is due to capital repairs of blast furnaces Nos. 2 and 5, carried out in April 2020. In January-April, the…
