Ukraine: scrap prices growing

On December 4-11, metal companies increased purchasing prices of scrap by 950 UAH per ton, to 6900 UAH per ton. The increase is driven by a growth of raw materials prices and improvement of the global market situation. Scrap deliveries last week amounted to 68.6 thousand tons as opposed to 64.9 thousand tons a week…

Ukraine: Mariupol Ilyich finishes another sheet-rolling shop reconstruction stage

The sheet-rolling shop-1700 of Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works is finishing another stage of reconstruction. In particularly, a new hydraulic winder for 32-ton hot-rolled coils has been assembled. Investments in the project exceeded $30 million. The machine has the winding speed of 20 meters per second and the capacity of 2.5 million tons of…

Russia: Sergeyevskoye deposit yields first gold

Orsu Metals has extracted its first gold at the Sergeyevskoye deposit in Zabaikalye region. Reserves are estimated at 25.09 million tons of ore with gold contents of over 1 million ounces. In September, the company extracted 102,583 tons of ore. Over 40 thousand tons were sent to a gold-extracting factory, which produced 38.2 kg of…