In January-September Petropavlovsk PLC produced 342.3 thousand ounces of gold, up by 23.4% YoY. The increase is due to the growth of output at Malomyr and Albyn mines because of the higher gold content in ore, as well as processing of concentrate at Pokrovsky combine, which started in July. This year Petropavlovsk intends to produce…
3 new generation locomotives have joined the Stoylensky Mining and Processing Works railroad fleet. Their efficiency is 8% higher compared with previous models. The new machines have been purchased under a program to increase ore mining and processing from 37 to 42 million tons per year. All the locomotives have dump-cars with the capacity of…
In 10 years Rusal has processed and sold over 50% of aluminum waste generated by its companies. The processing of alumina sludge accounted for some 10%, which made Rusal the major global processor. The group has a goal of selling all its wastes. Now Rusal is testing an innovative technique to process red sludge, the…
The department of the inner market protection of the Eurasian Economic Committee has decided to prolong the antidumping investigation on the imports of galvanized rolled metal from Ukraine and China. The investigation will run till December 28. The 5-year antidumping duty for Ukrainian products is recommended on the level of 23.9%, and for Chinese –…
Metinvest has decided to publish information on the operation of its Mariupol metal plants modernized mills. The first will be the data on average daily dust concentration from Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works sintering machines Nos. 7-9. This information will be daily provided to be posted on the site of the Donetsk Regional State…
Liquid copper spilled out due to a malfunction at a copper refinery Uraleketromed, a part of Ural Mining Metallurgical Company (UMMC), causing evacuation of 50 employees, the Sverdlovsk region’s Directorate of the Emergency Ministry said. “Liquid copper spilled out from a copper furnace on an area of 10 square meters, 50 people were evacuated from…
The combined gold production of companies in Magadan region rose by 21% YoY, to 36.1 tons in January-September, the region’s government said in a statement on October 22. The region’s Tenkinsky City District is the leading gold producer with an output of 14.5 tons. Production of alluvial gold amounted to 15.8 tons in the period,…
In January-September Promlit LLC, a major manufacturer of railroad car castings, increased average monthly output 3.3-fold YoY. The goal for the year presupposes the manufacture of 43,817 tons of castings. So far 33,831 tons have been produced, or 77%. Bulk castings constitute the lion’s share of the output. In September the company increased manufacture by…