In 2018 Trubostal received 687 thousand UAH of net losses as opposed to 14.806 million UAH of net profit in 2017. The undistributed profit totaled 21.419 million UAH. The company current liabilities dropped by 4.2%, to 198.088 million UAH, while the long-term liabilities remained unchanged at 9 million UAH. Accounts receivable fell by 15.2%, to…
Azovstal is continuing the construction of a pump station to chemically treat water to cool blast furnace No. 3. The construction of the station started in November 2018. So far 370 tons of metal structures and 23 water pipelines (13.8 km) with the diameter of 300 to 426 mm have been assembled. “This is a…
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) invested around 500 million rubles into the continued implementation of initiatives aimed at improving the energy efficiency of its production processes in 2018. One of the key tools of energy efficiency improvement is through the elaboration and implementation of relevant innovation proposals. Back in 2016, an Idea Management unit…
The prices of precious metals varied in Azerbaijan on March 13. The price of gold increased by 13.073 manats, to 2,217.667 manats per ounce compared to the price on March 12. The price of silver went up by 0.0567 manats, to 26.2427 manats per ounce. The price of platinum grew by 15.878 manats, to 1,419.908…
Rescuers have evacuated seven miners from the emergency section of the Karagailinskaya mine in the Prokopyevsky district of the Kemerovo region, where the rock collapsed, a representative of local emergency services reported. A total of 59 people were in the mine at the moment of collapse, including seven people on the emergency section. One miner…
The government of Uzbekistan has drawn up a plan of prospecting works to increase gold reserves from 2020 to 2024 by 474 tons. According to the plan, the gold reserves have to increase due to the opening and the further development of new gold deposits. As of the end of 2019 the gold reserve has…
In January-February Ukraine increased imports of copper and copper wares by 19.7% YoY, to $15.666 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, copper exports dropped by 62.6%, to $11.673 million. In February copper imports totaled $7.447 million and exports – $5.395 million. Nickel imports grew by 9.7%, to $15.794 million ($6.559 million in February), aluminum…
The damage done to Electrozinc by the fire in October 2018 totaled 6.2 billion rubles. The damage was calculated together with indirect economic losses. The fire broke out on October 21, 2018 and spread to 4.5 thousand square meters. One firefighter perished, two more people were injured. The reason of the fire was arson. (Ukrainian…
