In January-October, Ukraine decreased steel output by 5.3% YoY, to 17.02 million tons. Rolled metal manufacture dropped by 2.2%, to 15.2 million tons, and pig iron – by 1.1%, to 16.9 million tons. In 2019, Ukraine produced 20.85 million tons of steel, 18.2 million tons of rolled metal and 20.06 million tons of pig iron,…
Since the start of the alluvial season, the Sibir Miners’ Team LLC has extracted 173.5 kg of gold at the sites in Irkutsk region, up by 16% YoY. The enterprise operates at two deposits – at the Alexandro-Nevskiy Brook and in the Chayangro River valley. The company will complete operation in the first half of…
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has started a capital repair of its blast furnace No. 2. The repair will last for 15 days and will cost 57.7 million UAH. Earlier gas-purifying equipment was assembled at the blast furnace No. 3. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-September, Kazakhstan produced 1.6 million tons of ferroalloys, down by 0.6% YoY. Ferrochrome accounted for 83.4% (1.4 million tons), ferrosilicomanganese – 5.5% (90.6 thousand tons) and ferrosilicochrome – 3.4% (56.5 thousand tons). Pavlodar region produced 928.1 thousand tons of ferroalloys, down by 6.2%, while Aktyubinsk – 580.2 thousand tons, down by 2.8%. The share…
In January-September, Chukotka extracted over 560 thousand tons of coal at the Fandyushkinskoye Field deposit, up by 22% YoY. The district mined 18.6 tons of gold, down by 0.9%, and 79 million tons of silver, down by 7%. Alluvial gold enterprises extracted 1864 kg of gold, down by 363 kg. (Ukrainian metal)
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has developed a plan to reconstruct its No. 2-bis and No. 3 quarries to maintain the iron ore output at 30 million tons per year. The quarry No. 3 has a capacity of 14.7 million tons of ore per year. In 2021-2030 the output is expected at 12.7-13.6 million tons, in 2031-2035…
The largest state gas-extracting company of Ukraine – Ukrgazvydobyvannya – has announced a purchase of 2.1 thousand tons of pipes with the expected cost of 93.4 million UAH in the Prozorro.Public purchases system. The auction is scheduled for January 4, 2021. The offers are accepted till November 29. The pipes have to be delivered until…
ArcelorMittal Temirtau has successfully prolonged the contract on subsoil use at the Lisakovsky subsidiary of Orken LLC. The new agreement will be valid for 25 years. The first meeting with the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development was held in June 2018. The Lisakovsky subsidiary can mine 2 million tons of ore each year. (Ukrainian…