Russia: NLMK, Ministry of Natural Resources, Federal Supervisory Natural Resources Management Service and Lipetsk region sign cooperation agreement

NLMK Group, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation, the Federal Supervisory Natural Resources Management Service (Rosprirodnadzor) and the Administration of the Lipetsk region have signed a four-way Cooperation Agreement in sustainable development. The Agreement, which forms part of the National Ecology Project, was signed by Grigory Fedorishin, NLMK Group…

Russia: NLMK Group launches new by-product fuelled facility

NLMK Group has started hot testing at its briquetting plant, a facility to manufacture metallurgical briquettes for use in blast furnace operations. The project will enable the production of feedstock from blast furnace by-products, and the recycling of previously accumulated waste. The production technology is NLMK’s in-house development. It was conceptualized by Ivan Kurunov, an…

Ukraine: Cyprus company sues UGOK

Wadless Holdings Limited (Cyprus) has filed a claim to the Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works demanding the recovery of the debt on dividends valued at 132.32 million UAH. The company owns 21.16 million shares of UGOK and thus is entitled to the dividends of 132.32 million UAH (6.25 UAH per ordinary share), according to the…