The Ukrtruboprom Association has asked the Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to prohibit the export of ferrous scrap until the end of 2023. In his letter the association CEO Georgy Polskiy said, that in 2020 the Ukrainian pipe industry was in a difficult situation. Because of the drop in oil prices and coronavirus limitation, consumption of…
Ukrmetallurgprom has asked the Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to temporarily prohibit the export of scrap. The association letter says the revival of the economy has resulted in a sharp increase of raw materials prices, including ferrous scrap. In a year, the price of scrap grew almost 2-fold, from $265 per ton to $468 per ton.…
In January-June, the Pivdenniy Seaport handled 24.7 million tons of cargo. Exports accounted for 19.31 million tons, imports – 3.1 million tons, short-sea traffic – 44 thousand tons and transit – 2.256 million tons. In particular, the port handled 14.536 million tons of ore and 1.417 million tons of coal. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June, Ferrexpo increased DR-pellets output by 28% YoY, to 135 thousand tons. In Q2, output totaled 85 thousand tons, up by 70% QoQ, but down by 13% YoY. Overall pellets manufacture decreased by 0.6% YoY, to 5.6 million tons in H1, with 2.8 million tons produced in Q2, down by 0.8% YoY, but up…
Since the start of the alluvial gold season, Retkon has extracted 92.6 kg of gold in Irkutsk region, down by 35% YoY. In May-June 2020, the company yielded 142.5 kg of alluvial gold. The reason of the decrease has not been revealed. This year, the company intends to extract up to 600 kg of gold.…
The State Expertise Service has approved the design documentation for the first stage of the Kundumi gold ore deposit development. In 2020, Russia registered 110 new gold deposits with the combined reserves of 145.394 thousand tons. The reserves of the Kundumi deposit in Khabarovsk region are estimated at 14.467 tons. The design output is 200…
Ukrainian Railways has concluded an agreement with Interpipe NTZ on the delivery of solid wheels valued at 135.66 million UAH. The company has to supply 4,394 railroad wheels at 30,876 UAH apiece ($1,136). In December 2020, Ukrzaliznytsia paid 31,200 UAH per wheel ($1,095). (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June, Ferrexpo increased railroad deliveries to the EU by 69.1% YoY, to 1.9 million tons. Deliveries to ports, on the other hand, dropped by 23.8%, to 3.8 million tons. As a whole, the Zolotnishino station shipped 5.7 million tons of iron ore, down by 6.3% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)