Ukraine: ferrous metals export revenue up in January-September 2024

In January-September, Ukraine increased revenue from ferrous metals exports by 15.4% YoY, to 2.399 billion UAH. According to the State Customs Service, ferrous metals accounted for 7.78% of exports revenue, up from 7.66% last year. In September, Ukraine exported $332.827 million worth of ferrous metals, up from $314.9 in August. Ferrous metals imports over 9…

Uzbekistan: construction of 4th copper-processing plant begins at Almalyk

On October 15, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the activities of the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex and new investment projects. Economic reforms are yielding results in all sectors. Over the past six years, the volume of industrial output at the Almalyk plant has increased 1.8-fold, localization 7.7-fold and investments 13-fold. More than 70…

Uzbekistan: Olga Ponkratova appointed NMMC deputy director

Olga Ponkratova, the Buyuk Kelajak expert, who has graduated from Russia’s Higher School of Economics and Harvard Business School, has been appointed deputy director of the Navoi Mining and Processing Works. With vast experience in mining, Ponkratova worked at Evraz, Novolipetsk Steel, Uralkali, Alrosa, Basic Element, ERG/ENRC, Glencore, Kazphosphate, Teu-Ken Samruk and EY. She also…

Uzbekistan: Navoi achieves record oversubscription in landmark notes issue

The Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Company (NMMC) has reached a historic milestone by successfully pricing its inaugural dual-tranche notes offering, which garnered a record oversubscription of $1 billion. This significant achievement includes $500 million in 4-year notes with a 6.70% coupon rate and $500 million in 7-year notes at 6.95%. NMMC’s offering generated the largest…