Because of the growing prices of coking coal, provision of by-product coke plants decreased by 15% in September. This resulted in the drop in the production of steel and pig iron leading to the increase of steel prime cost. In January-August, by-product coke plants received 8.63 million tons of coking coal, down by 1.1% YoY,…
Ukrzaliznytsia has concluded an agreement with Interpipe NTZ on the delivery of wheels valued at 110.78 million UAH. This year, the company will supply 3588 solid wheels with ultra-sound control and the diameter of 957 mm at 30,875 UAH per ton, or $1,162. The wheels must be made not earlier than in 2021. The products…
In September, Dneprovskiy Iron and Steel Works decreased rolled metal output by 41% YoY, to 13 thousand tons. Pig iron manufacture fell by 45.8%, to 13 thousand tons, and steel – by 40%, to 14 thousand tons. Coke output totaled 29 thousand tons. In January-September, DMZ produced 210 thousand tons of steel, up 2.3-fold YoY,…
The auction to privatize the United Mining and Chemical Company has been postponed to the end of November. This was done to allow all the interested parties registering in time. Out of 19 participants only 2 have been registered so far. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-September, Irkutsk region extracted 18 tons of gold, down by 7.1% YoY. Ore gold amounted to 10.73 tons, down by 7.6% YoY. Polyus Verninskoye yielded the most gold – 6.69 tons, up by 7.6%. At the same time, Vysochaishiy decreased output by 26.4%, to 3.4 tons. Alluvial gold output dropped by 6.4%, to 7.27…
In September, Energomashspetsstal shipped its products to 10 countries, in particular to the USA, India, Italy, Spain, France and Austria. Among domestic companies the largest customers were Azovstal and Zaporizhstal. One of the products shipped was a bulk roll with the weight of 207 tons, length of 11 m, barrel diameter of 2.25 m and…
In January-September, Ukraine exported $5.95 billion worth of iron ore raw materials, up 2.04-fold YoY. At the same time, in monetary terms exports began to decrease. Thus, while in August exports amounted to $777.96 million, in September they totaled $472.96 million. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-September, Chukotka Autonomous District produced 16.06 tons of gold, down by 1.6% YoY. Silver output grew by 4.3%, to 72.84 tons. Companies developing deposits in Anadyr district yielded the most gold – 8.34 tons. In particular, Chukotskaya Mining-Geological Company produced 7.25 tons at the Kupol deposit. Rudnik Valunistiy increased output by 61%, to over…