In January-February Ukraine imported 232.48 thousand tons of nickel ore and concentrate valued at $10.913 million, up by 17.3% and by 14.9% YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, Guatemala supplied 59.09% worth of nickel ores and Indonesia – 40.91%. Last year Ukraine decreased nickel ore and concentrate imports by 4.2% YoY, to 1.313…
In 2017 Russia exported 0.1363 million tons of raw nickel, down by 26.6% YoY. Almost all the volume was sold to the far foreign countries (0.136 million tons). According to the Federal Customs Service, raw aluminum exports dropped from 3.481 million tons in 2016 to 3.208 million tons in 2017. Far foreign countries accounted for…
The nickel deposits of Voronezh region are estimated at 10% of the whole Russian reserves. According to the professor of natural deposits and subsoil use of Voronezh state university Konstantin Savko, there are no other nickel deposits in Russia with such economically positive indexes. Other deposits are more expensive to operate. “For Voronezh region the…
In January-July Russia exported 81.7 thousand tons of raw nickel valued at $768 million, down by 29% and by 23.3% YoY respectively. These are also the lowest results for the past 10 years. In July the average price for nickel was $9179 per ton FOB Russian border, down by 5% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June Geotekhnologia mined 3.76 thousand tons of nickel at its Shanuch deposits in Kamchatka. The enterprise processed 69 thousand tons of ore concentrate. In the second half of the year the company intends to mine 78 thousand tons of ore, and 200-250 thousand tons of copper-nickel ore in 2018. The Shanuch deposits are estimated…
In January-April Russian raw nickel exports totaled 48 thousand tons valued at $462 million. According to the customs statistics, this is down by 30.7% and by 20.8% YoY respectively, and the lowest indexes for the last 10 years. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2017 Krasnoyarsk Krai intends to produce 57.7 tons of gold, down by 8.1% YoY. According to the regional ministry of industry, energy and trade, nickel output would grow by 7.3% YoY, to 180 thousand tons. Last year the region yielded 62.8 tons of gold, up by 21.5% YoY, and 167.7 thousand tons of nickel.…
In January raw cobalt production in Russia decreased by 7.9% YoY and by 0.5% MoM. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, raw nickel output dropped by 40.7% YoY and by 27% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
