The architecture, city building and prospective development agency of the Kaliningrad region has allowed creating a small enterprise to produce copper wire rod in the city of Ozersk. A 1-2-storey building with the size of 516 square meters will be constructed. The Baltkat LLC will construct the plant. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-February Kazakhstan produced 0.074 million tons of raw copper, up by 5.4% YoY. In February copper manufacture grew by 2.8% YoY, but dropped by 1.2% MoM, to 0.037 million tons. Zinc output in 2 months decreased by 4% YoY, to 0.052 million tons. In February Kazakhstan produced 0.027 million tons of zinc, down by…
On February 22 Pravourminskoye LLC was accepting offers for its BO-01 bonds valued at 3 billion rubles. The placement of 10-year bonds is scheduled for February 27. The maturity date is March 31, 2028. The value of each bond is 1 thousand rubles. In December 2012 the company placed 7-year bonds valued at 3 billion…
PM Nikol Pashinyan has presented details surrounding the existing situation at the Teghut Copper and Molybdenum Mine (Lori province) and the Alaverdi Copper Smelting Plant. Speaking in parliament, the PM presented how the situation developed in the first place. According to Pashinyan, the VTB Bank lent $380 million to the Teghut mine and Vallex Group,…
The Teghut mine might get re-launched, according to Minister of Economic Development and Investments Tigran Khachatryan. When asked about the chances of Teghut resuming operations, the minister said: “Yes, there is hope, nothing is hindering them to start restoration works after clarifying their relations with the bank,” he said. In 2017, Teghut produced and exported…
Last year copper ore mining reached 103.2 million tons, up by 8.2% YoY. Copper concentrate output grew by 15.7%, to 12.9 million tons, and copper in copper concentrate – by 15.5%, to 580.6 thousand tons. At the same time copper-zinc ores mining dropped by 4.2%, to 4.8 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Over the past year, mining of copper ore rose by 8.2% YoY, to 103.2 million tons. The country produced 12.9 million tons of copper concentrates (+15.7%), 4.8 million tons of copper-zinc ores (-4.2%), and 580.6 thousand tons of copper in copper concentrate (+15.5%). The main copper ore miners are East Kazakhstan (37% of the total…
In January-November 2019 Russia exported 758.5 thousand tons of primary copper valued at $4830 million, up by 12.7% and by 19.3% YoY respectively. In November 2018 the price of primary copper was $5957 per ton, down by 9.2% YoY. The price of copper wire rod (wire) was $6083 per ton. (Ukrainian metal)