Ukraine: Novokonstantinovskaya mine to increase uranium output

The investment project “Novokonstantinovskaya mine. Manufacturing capacities development” will help decrease the dependence of the domestic nuclear energy on foreign suppliers of uranium products. The project will also improve the efficiency of uranium oxide concentrate manufacture by VostGOK. In particular, the mine will increase extraction from 200 to 500 thousand tons per year, and the…

Russia: Mechel profit up in 2018

In 2018 the profit of Mechel, attributable to shareholders, reached 12.63 billion rubles, up by 9% YoY. Revenue increased by 5%, to 312.57 billion rubles, but EBITDA dropped by 7%, to 75.67 billion rubles. In the mining segment the revenue decreased by 3%, to 96.88 billion rubles, but in metal segment it grew by 9%,…