In 2021, Ukraine decreased semi-finished products exports by 9.5% YoY, to 6.8 million tons. At the same time, revenue grew by 48.8%, to $4.1 billion. In December 2021, Ukraine exported 569.7 thousand tons of semi-finished products, down by 1.4%, valued at $345.4 million, up by 43.8%. The main customers were Italy (30.9%), Turkey (12.8%) and…
Central Mining and Processing Works has started using biofuel instead of natural gas. Now the biofuel is used in the pelletizing machine to produce iron ore pellets. Earlier the machine accounted for 95% of CGOK gas consumption. With this project the company was able to decrease gas consumption in 2021 by 8.5 million cubic meters…
In 2021, Ukraine imported $183.161 million worth of copper and copper wares, up by 59% YoY. Exports grew 2.4-fold, to $206.39 million. According to the State Customs Service, in December 2021, copper imports amounted to $19.729 million, while exports – $14.351 million. Moreover, in 2021 Ukraine imported $119.154 million worth of nickel ($11.53 million in…
In January-November 2021, Russia produced 319.56 tons of gold, up by 1.6% YoY. Extracted gold accounted for 274.14 tons, up by 1.1%. Krasnoyarsk region yielded the most gold – 54.97 tons, up by 5.7%. Magadan region increased output by 5.2%, to 49.13 tons, and Yakutia – by 1.1%, to 38.02 tons. Silver output dropped by…
In 2021, the United Mining and Chemical Company increased sales income by 47% YoY, to 4.59 billion UAH. EBITDA grew by 93%, to 940.81 million UAH. Last year, the group paid 873.4 million UAH of taxes, up 2.2-fold. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2021, Ukraine exported 3.24 million tons of pig iron, up by 4.2% YoY. In monetary terms exports grew by 68.1%, to $1.64 billion. In December 2021, Ukraine exported 322.93 thousand tons of pig iron valued at $148.4 million, up by 16.6% and by 54.4% respectively. The main customers were USA (53.6%), Italy (22.1%) and…
In 2021, Magadan region extracted 52.1 tons of gold and 678 tons of silver, up by 2,97 tons and by 105.5 tons YoY respectively. Ore gold accounted for 32.3 tons and alluvial – 19.8 tons. Lead output totaled 5.7 thousand tons, zinc – 7.2 thousand tons and copper – 0.6 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2021, Ukraine increased ferroalloys exports by 6.9% YoY, to 668.5 thousand tons valued at $1.04 billion, up by 82.7%. According to the customs statistics, in December 2021 exports amounted to 55.5 thousand tons valued at $115 million, up by 17.2% and 2.4-fold respectively. The share of ferroalloys in exports was 1.53%. The main customers…