Ukraine: AMKR upgrades Mining Equipment Control System

ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has finished the pre-commissioning of the upgraded automated dispatch control system for mining and conveyor equipment. The project price amounted to over UAH 16 million. The company started using the system in 2003, and in 2009 it switched it to Tetra digital data transmission system. Nevertheless, since then, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has…

Ukraine: Yuzhkoks sacks CEO

The supervisory board of Yuzhkoks has stopped the office of the CEO Andrei Shabanov. Kirill Avramenko, the company CFO, has been elected acting CEO. The decisions were taken on May 22. The reason for such a decision is not explained. Shabanov was appointed Evraz Yuzhkoks CEO on December 18, 2017. On April 1, the supervisory…

Azerbaijan: gold exports up in Q1 2019

Azerbaijan earned as many as $32.5 million by exporting 775.35 kg of gold in January-March. In the same period last year, the export of gold from Azerbaijan made up 726.05 kg worth $30.9 million. Thus, the export of gold in quantitative terms increased by 6.8% and the revenue went up by 5.3%. Gold production in…