In October Russia imported 308.4 tons of ferroniobium, down by 26% MoM and by 45% YoY. Brazil, the main supplier of ferroniobium, has been decreasing deliveries for three months in a row. In 10 months imports totaled 4 thousand tons, up by 15% YoY. In monetary terms since the start of the year the imports…
“You need to carefully approach investigation of incident at Kumtor, and not politicize this tragedy,” Ivan Ippolitov, a Russian expert on Central Asia at StanRadar.com said, commenting on possible consequences of the incident at the largest in Kyrgyzstan Kumtor gold mine. “Taking into account the fact that Kyrgyzstan’s long-standing unremitting public attention is riveted on…
In January-November Almalyk Mining and Processing Works produced 154 tons of silver and 16 tons of gold, up by 158.9% and by 107.6% YoY respectively. The company is one of the 30 major miners and processors of copper and molybdenum, polymetals and gold-containing ores. It employs over 36 thousand people. Almalyk exports more than 20…
In November Russia produced 12.7 thousand tons of stainless steel and semi-finished products, up by 9.1% YoY, but down by 11.6% MoM. In 11 months output dropped by 14.6% YoY. Unalloyed steel manufacture in November decreased by 6.4% YoY and by 3.2% MoM, to 4.6 million tons, with 11 months output down by 1.4%. (Ukrainian…
In October Russia exported 18.3 thousand tons of aluminum wire, up by 34% MoM and by 125% YoY. Deliveries to Switzerland grew by 2%, to 4.2 thousand tons, to Belarus – by 18%, to 3 thousand tons, and to Ukraine – almost 2-fold, to 2.7 thousand tons. In 10 months exports totaled 140.7 thousand tons,…
Krasniy Octyabr Iron and Steel Works has started producing special steel to manufacture billets for the T-90 tank gun barrels. The customer – the Works No. 9 – will receive the billets in H1 2020. The billets under the governmental defense order will be produced in the special furnace. The weight of one billet is…
The ChTPZ group has joined the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. The corresponding order has been signed by the Union president Alexander Shokhin. “The Union is the largest site in the country to unite efforts of industrialists and entrepreneurs aimed at developing the Russian economy. For us this is a way to share our…
The Chusovoy Iron and Steel Works springs have become winners of the “100 best goods in Russia” competition in the “Novelty” nomination. The company has presented springs for low-ton cargo vehicles (LCV) of foreign make. The project to start producing such springs began in 2016. A special Springer brand has been created. (Ukrainian metal)
