In January-May Ukraine decreased ferrous metals exports via its seaports by 3.7% YoY, to 6.6 million tons. According to the Ukrainian Administration of Sea Ports, pig iron exports dropped by 30.1%, to 934.7 thousand tons, rolled metal – by 1.8%, to 4 million tons, and scrap – by 24.9%, to 24 thousand tons. At the…
In May Kazakhstan produced 0.407 million tons of steel, down by 0.2% YoY. According to the Ministry of the National Economy, in January-May steel output dropped by 0.2%, to 1.931 million tons. Flat rolled metal manufacture went down by 10.1%, to 0.234 million tons, with 5 months results down by 34.4%, to 0.836 million tons.…
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (“MMK”), one of the largest steel suppliers in Russia rated Baa2 (Moody’s) / BBB (Fitch) / BBB- (S&P), returned to the international market after more than 15 years with a successful placement of 5-year $500-million Eurobonds with an annual coupon rate of 4.375% payable semi-annually. The proceeds of the issue…
NLMK Group, a global steel company, and venture capital firm Fort Ross Ventures, a partner of Sberbank, have penned an agreement to cooperate to support innovations. Under the agreement, Fort Ross Ventures will provide NLMK Group with information on projects related to the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence technologies, cyber-security, cloud technologies, etc., that will…
During the visit to the PJSC “Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works”, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky took part in the ceremony of signing the investment contract between Metinvest Holding and Air Liquide on the construction of the air-distributing complex. The ceremony was attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Ukraine Isabelle Dumont,…
Members of the Committee on Agrarian Policy, Water Resources, Ecology and Regional Development of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan adopted in first reading a bill banning uranium mining in Kyrgyzstan. The document was initiated by Altynbek Sulaimanov, Almambet Shykmamatov, Kanat Kerezbekov, Myktybek Abdyldaev, Baktybek Turusbekov, Dastan Bekeshev and Altynbek Zhunus uulu. “Over the years of development…
A miner was killed in an internal collapse of the rock at the Tsentralna coalmine of the state-owned enterprise Toretskvuhillia located near the town of Toretsk in Donetsk region, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. “There were two miners on the emergency site, one miner escaped on his own. On June 15 at…
A large copper ores quarry will be created near the Salavat-sovkhoz settlement in Bashkortostan. Aleksandrinskaya Mining Company has won a right to develop the deposit for 59.6 million rubles. The local environmentalists have asked the authorities to ban the development, as there is a Yakty-kul resort nearby. But the authorities claim that the company will…
