In July Russia imported 36.6 tons of molybdenum including scrap, up by 30.4% MoM, but down by 4.7% YoY. Deliveries from China grew 2-fold, to 24 tons, while from Germany dropped by 16%, to 12 tons. In 7 months imports totaled 193.6 tons, up by 1% YoY. In monetary terms since the start of the…
Metinvest has issued 10-year eurobonds for $500 million at 7.95% and 5-year eurobonds for EUR 300 million at 5.75%. The combined demand for the two tranches exceeded $1.1 billion. Metinvest held meetings with investors in US, UK and continental Europe on September 18-27. (Ukrainian metal)
NLMK Lipetsk, NLMK Group’s flagship site, has started hot testing at its new furnace for preheating slabs before rolling at Mill 2000. The new reheating furnace will increase NLMK Lipetsk’s hot-rolled steel output by 110,000 tons (+2%), reduce energy consumption by 50% and almost halve air emissions. The new walking beam reheat furnace has replaced…
The polar division of Russian metals producer Norilsk Nickel will spend 2.5 billion rubles on the purchase of mining equipment, the company said. The company expects that 42 units of equipment produced by Sandvik and Epiroc will be shipped to the mines of the polar division in 2020. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
The new owner of the Tkibuli mines, Steel International Trade Company, has fully paid the salaries of miners formerly on strike demanding back pay, announced Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava. Turnava noted that she personally was in communication with miners and the new company. She also said that reopening the coalmines and building a thermal…
New strategic agreement between the government of Kyrgyzstan and Centerra Gold Inc. “completely justifies itself in terms of ensuring a more efficient and stable operation of the enterprise”, the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev stated during a visit to Kumtor mine in Issyk-Kul region. According to the Information Support Department of the Government’s Office,…
In 2019 coal output could grow by 1.1%, to 445 million tons, according to a forecast of social-economic development for 2020 and 2021-2022. In 2024 the expected output could be 510 million tons and in 2022 – 483 million tons. In 2018 Russia exported 196.8 million tons of coal, including 23 million tons of coking…
In July Russia imported 11.1 tons of tungsten, including scrap, up by 44.3% MoM, but down by 13.4% YoY. China supplied 10 tons of tungsten, up by 40% MoM. In 7 months imports totaled 75.4 tons, down by 32% YoY. In monetary terms since the start of the year the imports have decreased by 15.7%.…