Russia: zinc ore exports down in July 2019

In July Russia exported 16.9 thousand tons of zinc ore and concentrate, up by 33% MoM, but down by 51.4% YoY. Deliveries to China grew 2.5-fold, to 12.5 thousand tons, but to Kazakhstan dropped by 14%, to 4.4 thousand tons. In January-July exports totaled 139 thousand tons, down by 25% YoY. Since the start of…

Russia: raw zinc imports up in May 2019

In May Russia imported 3.5 thousand tons of raw zinc, down by 22.6% MoM, but up by 370.1% YoY. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan decreased deliveries by 27%, while Peru increased almost 2-fold. In 5 months imports grew by 295%, to 22.4 thousand tons. In monetary terms since the start of the year imports have increased by…

Ukraine: new CEO appointed to Zinc

Ex-CEO of the Ukrainian Tobacco Company LLC Andrei Duvanov has replaced Alexander Safin in the office of the CEO of Zinc (Donetsk region). The decision was taken at the supervisory board meeting on June 27. Duvanov has been appointed from July 4 for 3 years. In 2018 Zinc received 3.983 million UAH of net profit,…