Employees of the Scheglovskaya-Glubokaya mine in the temporarily occupied Donbass received 4 and 6 rubles as salary. “4 and 6 rubles, not thousand rubles. This shows the level of salary and life in the so-called republic”, wrote one of the miners in the social networks. Miners also share screenshots of their wages. One “boasts” receiving…
In January-November 2018 Russia exported 61 thousand tons of semi-finished steel products to Ukraine, up by 93.6% YoY, and the highest result in the past 6 years. Rostov region accounts for almost a third of all exports, up by 18%. The share of Sverdlovsk region is 29%, up 6-fold. And that of Belgorod region –…
The steel output of Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) fell by 7.8% QoQ, to 3.112 million tons in October-December 2018, the company said in a statement. Cast iron output decreased by 2.4%, to 2.558 million tons. In 2018, the company’s steel output went down by 1.5%, to 12.664 million tons, and cast iron output…
Russia’s output of unrefined and semi-refined or powder platinum and platinum group metals decreased by 38.4% YoY and by 19.2% MoM in December 2018, the Federal State Statistics Service said in a statement without disclosing absolute figures. Silver output fell by 17.4% YoY and by 8.9% MoM. In 2018, the output of platinum and platinum…
Gold and silver prices increased in Azerbaijan. The price of gold grew by 0.663 manats, to 2,179.485 manats per ounce on January 25 compared to the price on January 24. The price of silver went up by 0.0467 manats, to 26.0987 manats per ounce. The price of platinum increased by 14.3225 manats, to 1,367.9475 manats.…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that in February ferrous scrap metal prices on the local market will drop by 3.4-16%, to 5.7-7.9 thousand UAH per ton. Until mid-February some drastic change of price is not expected, as rolled metal manufacturers will only begin testing opportunities to raise prices for their products. In March the increase…
In 2018 Zaporozhye Iron Ore Complex increased iron ore output by 1.2% YoY, to 4.5 million tons. In December 2018 the company manufactured 380 thousand tons of ore. Annual plan was fully met. The same results were reached in 2017. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 Ukrainian by-product coke plants increased metallurgical coke (6% moisture) manufacture by 4.1% YoY, to 10.826 million tons. In December 2018 the output totaled 924 thousand tons of coke, up from 917 thousand tons in November 2018. In January this year the output decreased somewhat due to the drop in orders. But all the…
