According to the decree of the President of Uzbekistan dated January 9, until the end of the year the Tashkent Agricultural Machinery Works will start producing pig iron castings. In December the first stage of the manufacture with the capacity of 12 thousand tons of castings per year and the investments of $16.3 million will…
In November 2019 Russia exported 2 thousand tons of ferrotitanium, down by 7.4% MoM, but up by 35% YoY. Deliveries to the Netherlands have dropped from 15.5 tons to 15.2 tons. Sales to China decreased by 61%, to 106 tons, and to Germany – by 13%, to 162 tons. In 11 months of 2019 exports…
Kinross Gold has finalized the deal to purchase a project to develop the Chulbatkan deposit in Khabarovsk region from N-Mining Limited fir $283 million. The ore will be processed by ways of heap leaching. This year Kinross will invest some $10 million in prospective drilling. Estimated reserves of the deposit are 3.9 million ounces of…
Russian metals and mining group Mechel has decided not to exercise its preemptive right to buy a 49% stake in the Elga coal deposit from Gazprombank and may also sell its 51% stake in the project. Gazprombank said in August 2019 that it had received an offer of purchase of a 49% stake in the…
The critical situation at the Mine named after Saint Matrona has been discussed in Donetsk region. Representatives of the trade unions met with the authorities of Toretsk town. The wage arrears, electricity provision as well as future operation of the enterprise have been discussed. The mine employs 457 people. For the past two months no…
In 2019 ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih increased rolled metal output by 11.2% YoY, to 4.7 million tons. Steel manufacture grew by 11.8%, to 5.3 million tons, and pig iron – by 14.9%, to 5.3 million tons. Moreover the company increased sinter manufacture by 14.3%, to 9.8 million tons, iron ore concentrate – by 5.8%, to 9.8…
In 2019 Electrostal decreased continuous-cast billet output 3.5-fold YoY, to 83 thousand tons. In December 2019 the company produced 7 thousand tons of billets, in November 2019 – 3 thousand tons and in September 2019 – 1 thousand tons. In January-March 2019 Electrostal did not operate, but then partially resumed operation, working at one third…
The Verkhovna Rada has approved at the second reading and as a whole the draft decree No. 1210, which increases the rent for mining iron ore. 283 members voted in favor of the decree. The document presupposes different rate depending on the ore price. Thus, if the price is below $70 per ton, the rate…