In January-May, Ukraine exported 259.5 thousand tons of billets to Turkey, up by 28% YoY. In May, exports dropped by 10.5%, to 22.3 thousand tons. At the same time, Russia is the biggest supplier of billets to Turkey, accounting for 56%. (Ukrainian metal)
Ferrexpo board of directors has appointed Nikolay Klavdiyev the group chief financial officer. Since 2007, Klavdiyev has been the Poltava Mining and Processing Works CFO. The current acting CFO Roman Palivoda has decided to leave the group after 13 years to have other opportunities of career growth. Klavdiyev will start working from August 4, while…
In January-June, Zaporozhkoks, one of the largest by-product coke enterprises in Ukraine, decreased output by 0.3% YoY, to 431.37 thousand tons. In June, the company produced 72.97 thousand tons of blast furnace coke, down from 74.5 thousand tons in May. In 2020, Zaporozhkoks increased output by 3.1%, to 853.12 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June, Priisk Solovievskiy extracted 1311 kg of gold, up from the target of 1103 kg, in Amur and Zabaikalye regions. Amur region deposits yielded the most gold. Thus, at Solovievskoye deposit the company extracted 522 kg of gold, up by 1% YoY. Alluvial gold accounted for 604.3 kg, down by 15%. In Zabaikalye region…
In January-June, seaports handled 18.8 million tons of ore, down by 16.3% YoY. Overall cargo handling dropped by 16.7%, to 66.1 million tons. Last year, seaports handled 34.2 million tons of iron ore raw materials, up by 35.1% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In June, Energomashspetsstal shipped billets of the parts of a reactor, steam generator, main circulation pump and main circulation pipeline for the construction of nuclear power plants in India, Turkey and China. Large batches were produced for metal companies in Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Romania, Finland, India and the USA. Support and working rolls accounted…
In June, Dneprovskiy Iron and Steel Combine produced 244,472 tons of metal, down by 1,616 tons from the target. Sinter shop produced 98.9% of the target – 372,109 tons of sinter. Blast furnace shop produced 222,486 tons of pig iron, or 100% of the plan. Converter shop exceeded the target by 1.9%, having produced 215,953…
Since the start of the alluvial gold season, the Lena miners team LLC has extracted 71.4 kg of gold in Irkutsk region, down by 9% YoY. Work started in May. This year, the company intends to extract 200 kg of alluvial gold. While last year the target was 355 kg, Lena extracted 350.3 kg. Sand…