Physical iron ore prices rose on Friday August 30 on news that China was willing to proceed with negotiations to resolve its trade war with the United States. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $84.66 per tonne, up by $3.19 per tonne. 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines, cfr Qingdao: $85.04 per tonne,…
National Company Law Tribunal on August 28 cleared the sale of IL&FS’s seven wind energy assets to Japan’s Orix Corporation for INR 4,800 crore, which will partially help reduce its debt burden of over INR 99,000 crore. The tribunal comprising of VP Singh and Rajesh Sharma allowed the government-appointed board’s plea to approve sale of…
* Dalian, Singapore iron ore up more than 2% * Dalian iron ore slumps more than 20% in August * Coking coal prices to rebound in 2020 – Fitch Iron ore futures in China climbed on Friday, buoyed as some restocking demand for the steelmaking material emerged, but were on track for their first monthly…
In January-July Ukraine increased pipes output by 3.3% YoY, to 664.5 thousand tons. In July 86.6 thousand tons were produced. In particular, Ukrtruboprom association enterprises increased pipe output by 2.8%, to 487.3 thousand tons, with 62.5 thousand tons produced in July. Khartsyzsk Pipe Works is still idle. Interpipe-NTZ produced 154.9 thousand tons of pipes, down…
In July enterprises of the mining and metallurgical sphere mostly increased average salary, except for pipe companies. In particular, the average salary at mining companies was 17,796.8 UAH, up by 10.6% MoM. At by-product coke plants the average wage was 19,102.9 UAH (+0.7%), ferrous metal companies – 17,807.9 UAH (+0.5%), non-ferrous metallurgy – 11,911.7 UAH…
Baikal Mining Company has concluded an agreement with Renaissance Heavy Industries to build the first stage of the Udokan Mining and Metallurgical Plant with the capacity of 12 million tons of ore per year. The price of the agreement is some 28 billion rubles ($420 million). The company will have to construct a technological complex,…
In June Russia exported 11 thousand tons of flat aluminum, up by 5.8% MoM and by 6.8% YoY. Deliveries to Poland grew by 17%, to Finland – by 20% and to Ukraine – by 16%, to 3.6, 1.2 and 1 thousand tons respectively. At the same time exports to the USA dropped by 25%, to…
Vorkutaugol has purchased licenses to develop two new blocks of Vorshagorskoye coal deposit with the combined reserves of 20 million tons. The block 43 has 19.4 million tons of rock and 9.1 million tons of coal. The company intends to start developing it in autumn of 2022. In 6 years the Vorshagorskaya mine will launch…