Russia: raw zinc imports up in May 2019

In May Russia imported 3.5 thousand tons of raw zinc, down by 22.6% MoM, but up by 370.1% YoY. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan decreased deliveries by 27%, while Peru increased almost 2-fold. In 5 months imports grew by 295%, to 22.4 thousand tons. In monetary terms since the start of the year imports have increased by…

Ukraine: Metinvest to invest 50 million UAH in lighting replacement at SevGOK

This year Metinvest will spend some 50 million UAH on the project to implement LED-lighting at the Severniy Mining and Processing Works. The old lamp replacement will improve the working conditions of the employees and will let save around 25 million UAH per year. At present the enterprise has a new lighting system at the…