In January-July, Irkutsk region produced 12.331 tons of gold, down by 11% YoY. Alluvial gold output decreased by 9%, to 4.02 tons, and ore gold – by 12%, to 8.3 tons. The decrease was due to the drop in output at two enterprises developing ore deposits and two – alluvial sites. They are Vysochaishiy, Ugakhan…
In January-July, Interpipe increased pipe output by 18.5% YoY, to 317.1 thousand tons. In July, the company produced 55 thousand tons of pipes, down by 1.3% MoM. In 7 months, manufacture of seamless pipes went up by 29.2%, to 288.3 thousand tons, with OCTG up by 99.3%, to 95.2 thousand tons, linear pipes – by…
Gold mining in Azerbaijan increased by 1.1% and amounted to 2,058 kg in January-July. Silver mining increased by 12.6%, to 2,786 kg. The extracted gold and silver have already been passed for processing. As of August 1, 256,2 kg of mined gold and 194.5 kg of silver stocks were kept in the warehouses of the…
Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) has concluded an agreement with Interpipe NTZ on the delivery of solid wheels valued at 313.68 million UAH. The cost of one wheel is 30,726 UAH ($1146). UZ has to receive 11209 wheels. The wheels must be produced not earlier than January. (Ukrainian metal)
The Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources has prohibited the construction of a containment pond for aluminum waste storage (red mud) by Nikolayev Alumina Works. In particular, the company will not be able to receive the necessary documentation. This had to be the third storage of red mud at NGZ. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-July, Magadan region extracted 26.7 tons of gold, up by 4% YoY. Silver output grew by 5%, to 356.68 tons. Ore gold accounted for the lion’s share of the output – 18.13 tons, up by 7%. This year, it is planned to mine 30.71 tons of ore gold. Alluvial gold output grew by 3%,…
Since the start of the year, Uzbekistan Iron and Steel Works has produced 568.061 thousand tons of electric steel, up by 4.1% from the target. Rolled metal manufacture exceeded the plan by 1.7% (596.802 thousand tons). Compared with January-July 2020, steel production rose by 2.9%, but rolled metal dropped by 2.2%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-July, Ukraine produced 11.33 million tons of rolled metal, up by 6.38% YoY, and exported 9.08 million tons, or 80%. In 7 months of 2020, the share of export was 82.2% – 8.75 million tons out of 10.65 million tons. Semi-finished products accounted for 46.09%, down from 49.31% last year. The share of flat…