In January-September Russia exported 485.2 thousand tons of primary copper and copper wire rod valued at $2777 million. Sales volumes increased by 8.6% YoY, but were 5.6% lower than in 2015. Revenue increased by 34.4% YoY, but was lower than the indices of the 6 previous years. The share of primary copper is 78%. In…
UGMK-OTsM has presented a new product on the Russian market – the Cu+ antimicrobial copper. The company has already sold the first batch of rolled Cu+. The Moscow-based Delis Food company purchased 2 tons of M2 copper foil with the size of 0.05×500 mm according to GOST 1173-2006. Delis Food has started work to obtain…
Japanese corporations are interested in joint projects with Kazakhstan on geological exploration of gold and copper, Kazakh Kazgeologiya said in a message. During the Japan-Kazakhstan business forum entitled “Investment opportunities in the regions of Kazakhstan” in Tokyo, the sides discussed investment projects in the mining and metallurgy, energy, chemical, and agrarian industries. Vice-Minister for Investments…
The state enterprise Electrotyazhmash works has concluded 2 agreements with the Ukrainian International Group Ltd for the delivery of copper valued at 62.19 million UAH. By the end of 2018 the company will have supplied some 220 tons of splints and wire, as well as 1250 kg of wire at the average price of 1949…
The main sections of copper exports from Russia are raw copper (72.6%), wire and wire rod (23.9%). Imports are represented by pipe fittings, pipes and raw copper. Local rolled copper and alloy output is around 60 thousand tons per month. A slight increase is expected in 2017. The main copper manufacturers are Artemovsk Non-Ferrous Processing…
Tominskoye Mining and Processing Works has started preparing the territory for the construction of the new enterprise. “The first stage of the factory construction will end in late 2019. By that time all the manufacturing units of the processing factory will have been constructed,” the GOK CEO Valery Ulanovsky said. The mining and processing works…
AK Processing intends to put into operation a cathode copper works in Urdzhar region in the East-Kazakhstan district. The cost of the project is 4.58 billion tenge. The works will have the capacity of 2520 tons of copper per year. It will be put into operation in 2018. AK Processing is the daughter company of…
Russian state geological exploration company Rosgeo has initiated exploration of gold and copper at a 121 square kilometer Yumtulsky prospective area in Russia’s easternmost Khabarovsk region through its subsidiary Dalgeophizika. According to the company statement on August 16, it plans to finish the survey until the end of 2019. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)