In March, Russia produced 5.79 million tons of steel, down by 6.9% YoY. In 3 months output totaled 16.81 million tons, down by 5.3% YoY. Ukraine, though no longer a part of CIS, increased output in March by 15%, to 1.968 million tons, with 5.507 million tons produced in 3 months, up by 4.6%. Kazakhstan…
At present, work on issued uranium exploration licenses in Kyrgyzstan is not carried out in full, Emil Osmonbetov, Chairman of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use, said at a meeting of the Parliament. The First Deputy Prime Minister Kubatbek Boronov said that, according to updated data, 18 licenses for prospecting and exploration…
Zaporizhstal has successfully passed a re-certification audit and received a certificate of the correspondence to provide railroad transportation services. The specialists have inspected the systemic work of the company to replace rolling stock, provide for safety at all the stages of the transportation process and advanced training of the personnel. Since 2017, Zaporizhstal has been…
Law on biosphere zone of Issyk-Kul lake is not violated because of uranium exploration at Tash-Bulak deposit, Head of the State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry, Abdykalyk Rustamov, said at a meeting of the Parliament. According to him, Kyzyl-Ompol group of uranium deposits is located in the rehabilitation zone of Issyk-Kul biosphere territory. The…
In April, Ukraine produced 1.98 million tons of steel, up by 0.8% MoM. Pig iron manufacture grew by 2.1%, to 1.87 million tons, while that of rolled metal dropped by 1.7%, to 1.67 million tons. In January-April, Ukraine produced 7.08 million tons of pig iron, 7.49 million tons of steel and 6.43 million tons of…
A rally against uranium mining took place in Karakol city, a human rights activist Kamil Ruziev reported. According to him, the protest was held at the city stadium. “About 100 people participated in it. Our main demand is to stop mining and development of uranium. We indicated our demand in the resolution,” said Kamil Ruziev.…
In 2018 the Central Mining and Processing Works received 2.254 billion UAH of net profit, down by 16.8% YoY. Net income grew by 5.7%, to 11.338 billion UAH. Undistributed profit as of late 2018 totaled 5.788 billion UAH. EBITDA decreased by 22.3%, to 2.568 billion UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 Panteleymonovka Refractory Works was idle, as in 2016-2017 due to being situated in the military operations zone on the Ukraine-uncontrolled territory. Last year the company received 1.801 million UAH of net profit as opposed to 1.813 million UAH of net losses in 2017. The average number of employees last year was 55 people,…