Polymetal has made a strategic alliance and concluded an agreement to buy gold-containing concentrate from Blackham Resources (BLK), Australia. The company will buy 70% of concentrate produced at the first stage of the Wiluna deposit development during the first three years, or 122.5 thousand tons of concentrate with the gold content of not less than…
The Belarusian steel mill BMZ exported 2.2 million tons of metal products worth $1.16 billion in 2019, the company’s press service reported. BMZ products were shipped to 65 countries. The top destinations were countries of the European Union, Russia and Africa. In January-February the top five importers of BMZ metal products were Russia, Germany, Poland,…
Metinvest-Shipping, the main expeditor of Metinvest, has retained the first place in the “Expeditor of the Year” nomination of the 13th National Sea Rating. The company has been reaching the first place for the past 5 years. Metinvest-Shipping has become the absolute leader in non-container cargo transportation. Last year, the company shipped 32.86 million tons…
Chusovoy Iron and Steel Works has concluded an agreement with Russula, Spain for the delivery of machinery for the water treatment station under the technical modernization of the section manufacture. The system of closed loop water cycle will provide for the necessary purification of water needed to cool down furnaces and other machinery of the…
In 2019, Priisk Solovievskiy increased net profit by 20.7% YoY, to 2.973 billion rubles. Revenue totaled 10.26 billion rubles, up by 21.4%. Precious metals sales revenue was 10.176 billion rubles. Last year the company extracted 3487 kg of gold. Sales revenue increased by 20.4%, to 3.911 billion rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
In January, Russia exported 29.3 thousand tons of zinc ore and concentrate, down by 14% MoM and by 2% YoY. Price dropped by 11%, to $500 per ton. Deliveries to China remained unchanged at 23.3 thousand tons, while to Kazakhstan fell from 6.2 thousand tons to 5.4 thousand tons. In 2019, exports totaled 313 thousand…
In February, metal and mining enterprises decreased average salaries compared with January, all except for pipe companies. In particular, average wages at mining enterprises in February was 16859.4 UAH, down by 4.8% MoM. By-product coke companies posted an average salary of 17298 UAH, down by 6.7%, ferrous metal companies – 16162.6 UAH, down by 7.2%,…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has decreased output and sent some 25% of its employees either on a paid leave or to work remotely at home. “At present the operation of the blooming No. 1, two small-section mills No. 1 and No. 3 of the first section-rolling shop, small-section mill No. 5 of the second section-rolling shop…