Alexei Kushnarev, Evraz NTMK managing director, has signed a contract with Danieli on the reconstruction of the rail and beam shop. The value of the contract is 80 million euros. The modernization is expected to be completed in 2022. The capacity of the mill will grow from 800 thousand tons to 950 thousand tons of…
Krasniy Octyabr has passed the supervisory audit by TUV SUD. The experts have checked the fulfillment of the requirements of certificates issued in 2018 – ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. Next year another interim check will be made, while in 2021 the company will have to undergo the complete audit again to receive certificates. The…
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)