In January-September, Kazakhstan decreased uranium export by 36.9% YoY, to $0.8 billion. The drop is due to the decrease of exports to China by $443 million, India by $74 million, France by $11 million and Canada by $6 million. Thus, Russia became the main customer, having increased purchases by $23.8 million and its share from…
Uzbekistan’s Tashkent Metallurgical Plant has supplied 20 tons of galvanized and polymer rolled products to Azerbaijan, head of the sales department of the metallurgical plant Rinat Gabitov has said. Gabitov added that the plant exported the products to the Azerbaijani market and Azerbaijan was expected to get the products soon. “We continue to hold the…
AzerGold CJSC Board Chairman Zakir Ibrahimov has said that the company has increased gold production by 2% in 2021. He noted that AzerGold had produced 61,500 ounces of gold since early 2021. Last year the company produced 60,000 ounces of gold. Speaking about silver production, Ibrahimov underlined that more than 135,000 ounces of silver had…
Ukrainian Railways has ordered Metinvest-SMC LLC the delivery of rails valued at 113.97 million UAH. The company has to supply 3374 tons of R-65 rails with the length of 25 meters made not earlier than in 2021 at 33780 UAH per ton. The rails will be produced by Azovstal. (Ukrainian metal)
Darnitsa Wagon-Repair Plant, a subsidiary of Ukrzaliznytsia, has failed to buy 640 tons of scrap valued at 21 million UAH. The auction was cancelled due to the lack of participants, as only Metinvest-SMC LLC wanted to participate. The plant intended to receive scrap until the end of the year. (Ukrainian metal)
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih intends to repair air heaters No. 1 and No. 3, as well as the blast furnace No. 9 air heater building. The reconstruction will be carried out in two stages. At first the air heater No. 1 will be reconstructed and then – air heater No. 3. Outdated equipment will be replaced…
Ukraine retained its 14th place in the world rating of steel producers in January-November. Output grew by 4.9% YoY, to 19.62 million tons. Pig iron manufacture went up by 4.5%, to 19.44 million tons, securing the 10th position. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-November, Georgia’s trade turnover with Turkey amounted to $1.89 billion, including $291.6 million worth of exports, up by 70.1%, and $1.6 billion worth of imports, up by 27.5%. According to the National Statistic Service, Turkey is Georgia’s main trade partner. Exports of semi-finished products of pig iron and unalloyed steel occupied the 5th position…