Alexei Raychev has replaced Sergey Sivtsov as chairman of the commission on the state enterprise Mine named after Surgay reorganization. Until 2018 Raychev has been the director of the state enterprise Krasnolimanskaya Coal Company. Sivtsov has been fired some hours after he has concluded an agreement to supply coal from the state mine to the…
Some 1,395 kilograms of gold were extracted in Azerbaijan in January-May, up by 9.8% YoY, the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee reported. Silver production in Azerbaijan increased by 18.1%. According to the statistics, the total volume of the extracted silver and concentrates reached 1,364 kilograms. Some 805 tons of copper ore and concentrates (+44.9%) were extracted…
Reclamation of uranium tailings in Mailuu-Suu will begin in September-October, representative of the European Commission Pascal Daures reported. According to him, all the preparatory work within EU Programme “Environmental Remediation in Central Asia” has been completed. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will begin holding tenders and signing work contracts in September. As Pascal…
In April Russia imported 15.7 thousand tons of copper ore and concentrate, down by 68.7% MoM and by 64% YoY. The price in April dropped by 9.6%, to $1222 per ton. In 4 months copper ore imports decreased by 22.6% YoY, to 153.4 thousand tons. But in monetary terms they grew by 11%. (Ukrainian metal)
In April Russia exported 22.8 thousand tons of zinc ore and concentrate up by 136.6% MoM and by 54.7% YoY. In 4 months exports grew by 9.9% YoY, to 87.8 thousand tons. Since the start of the year exports fell by 10.7% in monetary terms. (Ukrainian metal)
The acting governor of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov and the CEO of UGMK-Holding LLC Andrey Kozitsyn have signed an agreement of intent to carry out an investment project to construct a mine with infrastructure and develop the Podolskoye copper-zinc deposit. The first stage is expected to be commissioned in 2026. Investments will amount to 50 billion…
Since the start of the year Evraz NTMK has mastered the manufacture of several new types of shaped rolled metal. In particular, the beam shop has produced the first batch of new NE200 beam according to EN 10365-2017, and the rail and beam shop – equal angle No. 20 according to GOST 8509-93. The NE…
In January-April the consolidated throughput of Nakhodka Sea Trade Port terminals totaled 46.636 million tons, up by 0.3% YoY. Ferrous metals and pig iron accounted for 4.571 million tons, up by 3.4%. Non-ferrous metals throughput dropped by 21.2%, to 0.292 million tons. Iron ore indexes grew by 33.5%, to 0.969 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)