In January-April, Irkutsk region extracted 4630.2 kg of ore and alluvial gold, up by 7% YoY. In particular, ore gold accounted for 4304.8 kg, and alluvial gold output totaled 325.4 kg. Polyus Verninskoye extracted the most gold – 2518.4 kg. It is followed by Vysochaishiy with its subsidiary Ugakhan – 859.2 and 646.5 kg of…
In April, railroad transportation of cargo in Perm region totaled 3.9 million tons, up by 5.1% YoY. In particular, railroad transported 31.4 thousand tons of ferrous metals, up by 39.6%, and 41.4 thousand tons of iron and manganese ore, up by 90%. At the same time the transportation of scrap dropped by 11.7%, to 37…
Severstal Steel Decisions has produced welded beams of weather-resistant steel manufactured at the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. The beam samples are showcased at the Metal Structures 2019 exhibition in Moscow. The chemical composition of the steel allows creating a protective layer on the surface, which provides for the usage of the structures without paint…
The operation of the Yubileynaya iron ore mine, a part of Sukhaya Balka, has been suspended because of smoke. The rescuers received information that smoke appeared at the depth of 1500 meters in the mine. 11 miners were working at the site. They have been safely taken to the surface. The supposed reason of the…
The Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade on May 14 decided to open an antidumping investigation regarding the import of seamless hot-rolled steel pipes from China into Ukraine. As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, the ministry received a complaint from the national manufacturer, which reported that…
In January-April, Zaporozhye Iron Ore Complex increased iron ore output by 6.2% YoY, to 1.505 million tons. The enterprise sold 1.688 million tons of ore, up by 8.7%. In April, ZZhRK mined 381.6 thousand tons of ore, up by 1% from the plan, with the iron content of 60.88%, and sold 464.4 thousand tons of…
Em-Kat LLC (Saransk) intends to invest 559.8 million rubles in the modernization of the wire rod manufacture. Of these funds 300 million rubles will be provided as a loan by the Fund of the Industry Development. Em-Kat plans to construct a new shop and assemble additional lines. This will help increase output to 15 thousand…
In January-March, Rusal received $2.17 billion of revenue as opposed to $2.74 billion in Q1 2018. The decrease is due to the drop of aluminum prices by 13.9%, to $1859 per ton. EBITDA fell by 60.5%, to $226 million. Net profit decreased by 49.8%, to $273 million. (Ukrainian metal)