President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky has flown to the Lviv region to visit the Lesnaya mine of the state enterprise Lvivugol, where as a result of the rock mass cave-in two miners have perished. On May 29, police was informed of a cave-in resulting in two miners being trapped. Their bodies were later taken to…
Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works, the largest coke manufacturer in Europe, will considerably decrease air pollution thanks to a new Niba Dalgakiran cooling tower. The tower has been built in 9 months. Investments in the project totaled 25 million UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
RZD has suggested changing the structure of tariffs on the transportation of the metal raw materials and finished products. In particular, tariffs for the transportation of coke, iron ore concentrate and metal ores will sharply increase, while those for ferrous metal will slightly drop. RZD believes, that as a result of the tariff change, metal…
Evraz ZSMK and Evraz NTMK have produced over 3 thousand tons of high-strength rolled metal for the winter sports complex “Baikal” in Ikrutsk. The metal was supplied by Evraz Metal Inprom. More metal will follow. A500C strengthened rebars with the diameter of 10-25 mm produced by Evraz ZSMK are used in the manufacture of ferroconcrete…
Polymetal has concluded an agreement with a company affiliated with Mineral Exploration Network (Finland) Ltd (MEN) on the creation of a joint venture to carry out prospecting works in Chukotka Autonomous District. The gold ore to be found by the JV will provide additional raw materials to the Mayskaya factory, able to process both sulfide…
Zagorsky Pipe Works has for the first time received its credit rating. According to AKRA rating committee dated May 20, the company rating is “BBB+” with stable outlook. The decision is based on the company strong market position, low debt burden, moderate business profile and corporate management level. “We are satisfied with the debt to…
Gold, silver and platinum prices decreased in Azerbaijan on May 29 compared to the prices of May 27. The price of gold dropped by 9.044 manats, to 2,178.499 manats per ounce. The price of silver fell by 0.3852 manats, to 24.4726 manats per ounce. The price of platinum went down by 7.752 manats, to 1,358.963…
Rock mass caved-in in the Lesnaya mine of the state enterprise Lvivugol. 2 miners perished. The cave-in occurred at the depth of 242 meters. At the time of the accident 69 employees were in the mine, with 21 at the cave-in site. (Ukrainian metal)