In January-September Metinvest EBITDA decreased by 39% YoY, to $1.234 billion. This was mostly due to a decrease of Metal EBITDA by $1.085 billion. At the same time, Mining EBITDA grew by $271 million. Moreover, average sale prices of metal products have decreased, while expenses have grown. In particular, expenses on raw materials increased by…
In January-September Metinvest increase investments by 24% YoY, to $770 million. The share of strategic projects dropped to 35% from 39%. In particular, scheduled repairs of manufacturing facilities accounted for 65% (61%) The key project was the capital repair of Azovstal blast furnace No. 3 with the construction of pulverized coal injection system, completed in…
As of September 30 Metinvest debt has decreased by 3% since the start of the year, to $2.656 billion. The decrease is due to a partial repayment of a pre-export financing and the deferred remuneration for the purchase of 24.77% in the Pokrovskoye Mine Group. In 9 months Metinvest attracted over $50 million as loans…
Law enforcers of the Lviv region have uncovered the facts of miners used for personal purposes by the management of Lvivugol mines. For example one director has been exploiting 5 employees for several months in the constriction of a house on a land plot, belonging to his wife. Some miners were hired to work abroad,…
This year the Krivbass miners team LLC, developing alluvial sites in the Magadan region, extracted 770 kg of gold. The amount was achieved jointly with the daughter company – Miners team named after Berzin LLC, owner of the license to prospect at the Tumaninskaya field. Last year the output totaled 602 kg of alluvial gold.…
In November Korshunovsky Mining and Processing Works increased iron ore concentrate output by 12% YoY, to 201 thousand tons. Ore mining grew by 28% and excavation works – by 4%. Investments in the restoration of machinery in the past 4 months have exceeded 200 million rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
Uchaly Mining and Processing Works has assembled a gyratory crusher of medium crushing manufactured by Uralmashzavod. The machine crushes ore before its processing into concentrate. The capacity of the crusher is 360-610 cubic meters of ore per hour. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-November Russia produced 53.6 million tons of unalloyed steel and semi-finished products, down by 1.4% YoY. In November output fell by 3.2% MoM and by 6.4% YoY. Rolled metal manufacture in 11 months decreased by 0.3%, to 56.1 million tons, while in November – by 2.1% MoM and by 0.1% YoY. Russia produced 11.4…
