In January-March, Kazakhstan produced 22738 kg of raw and semi-wrought gold, up by 7.3% YoY. Silver output dropped by 4.9%, to 230237 kg. At the same time the manufacture of raw aluminum and aluminum oxide decreased by 9.7%, to 395864 tons, lead – by 16.8%, to 32408 tons, zinc – by 2.9%, to 80191 tons,…
In January-March, Ukraine increased nickel and nickel wares imports by 3.4%, to $24.133 million ($8.338 million in March) and lead by 11.8%, to $3.193 million (0.918 million), but decreased aluminum imports by 4.4%, to $78.6 million ($27.829 million), tin by 38%, to $0.809 million ($450 thousand) and zinc by 43.1%, to $12.237 million ($4.986 million).…
Brazil, China, Japan, Canada, USA and Austria, as well as domestic companies with foreign investments are interested in mining lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese ore in Ukraine. “This mining is not really high in Ukraine, but EU has become interested in Ukraine, as there is a problem of supplies of important raw materials”, the State…
In January-February, the volume of production of raw and semi-processed gold or in powder form was 14,315 kg in Kazakhstan, up by 5% YoY, the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy reported. In the reporting period, the volume of production of raw and semi-processed silver or in the form of powder amounted…
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…
None of the enterprises of the mining sector, dealing with non-ferrous metals and operating in the general tax regime, has received a profit so far, the Chairman of the International Business Council, Askar Sydykov, announced at a press conference. According to him, as of today, the tax burden on mining enterprises is 17.9% of revenue.…
In January-November 2018 Russia exported 2.79 million tons of raw aluminum, up by 4.4% YoY, valued at $4.903 billion. According to the Federal Customs Service, nickel exports dropped by 3.7%, to 122.1 thousand tons, valued at $1.594 billion, up by 25.2%. Copper exports increased by 15.7%, to 612.3 thousand tons, valued at $3.89 billion, up…
The Moscow Stock Exchange has started trading in futures contracts for non-ferrous metals (aluminum, nickel, zinc and copper). The size of the aluminum and zinc lots is 1 tons, and of nickel and copper – 0.1 tons. Three series of futures have been allowed for trading – with maturity in December 2018, as well as…
