Russia: Mechel net profit up in Q1 2019

In January-March, Mechel net profit grew 3.44-fold YoY and 7-fold QoQ, to 11.336 billion rubles. Gross profit increased 3.3-fold YoY, to 11.714 billion rubles. EBITDA dropped by 17%, to 15.322 billion rubles, though it grew by 2% QoQ. The group net debt as of March 31 was 456.585 billion rubles ad opposed to 467.704 billion…

Kazakhstan: Head of State visits Aktobe Ferroalloy Plant

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has visited the Aktobe Ferroalloy Plant of the Transnational Company Kazchrome JSC. The Head of State got familiar with the industrial process and the performance indicators of one of Kazakhstan’s metallurgy flagships. Besides, the People’s Oversight project, in which people with disabilities are involved in ensuring occupational health and safety…

Russia: Kolmar buys new machinery

Gennadiy Urbanov, director of the Inaglinskaya mine, has held some business meetings in the Czech Republic and Poland. In particular, on May 20, he had a meeting with Ferrit management. It was agreed that the company would expand its service maintenance at the Denisovskaya mine as well as supply spare parts for the monorail diesel…