Bratsk Ferroalloys Works LLC, a part of Mechel, turns 30. “Our ferrosilicon is well known and praised not only locally, but abroad as well”, the company acting managing director Mikhail Mikhailov said. “BZF is one of the largest enterprises of the city of Bratsk. Its operation is aimed not only at increasing output, but also…
DetailsIn 2016 pollution by enterprises increased by 7.7% YoY, mostly because of the switch from the natural gas to other fuel types. “In 2014 air pollution volumes totaled 3.35 million tons, in 2015 – 2.857 million tons, in 2016 – 3.078 million tons. We believe that the growth is the result of the increase in…
DetailsIn January-May Ukraine sold 857.112 billion UAH worth of industrial products (goods and services), up by 29.7% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, in May mining and processing industries increased sales by 22.2% (exports – by 26.2%), in particular in mining and quarrying – by 21% (31.7%) and in processing – by 22.4% (25.6%).…
DetailsEuropean manufacturers of steel pipes have asked the European Commission to extend antidumping duties on seamless pipes from Ukraine and Russia. On July 4 the European Commission officially informed of the start of reviewing the antidumping duties because of their expiration. The duties were introduced in July 2012 in the amount of 12.3% for Ukraine…
DetailsGold was illegally mined on Kapchygay-1 site, the State Committee of Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. The committee earlier announced an auction for the sale of placer gold deposit, namely, Kapchygay-1 and Kapchygay-2 section, located in Aksy district of Jalal-Abad region. However, it was canceled because of illegal mining of…
DetailsRepresentatives of the Federal Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety JSC (subsidiary of Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation) took part in the technical meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Coordination Group in Almaty, where a strategic master plan for environmental rehabilitation of the facilities of the former uranium production was discussed. The strategic…
DetailsKaraganda hosted the ceremony of the opening of the new refractory works SevenRefractoriesAsia. Investments in the project totaled 1.9 billion tenge. This is the first works in Kazakhstan to produce high-quality refractory materials for Kazakhmys, ArcelorMittal Temirtau, KazZinc, etc. “The construction of the works began in 2015, and the works was put into operation in…
DetailsPravourmiyskoye LLC, a part of Rusolovo, has reached the H1 tin concentrate output target ahead of time. “The first half-year plan was fulfilled on June 26”, Rusolovo CEO Evgeny Kolesov noted. So far the company has produced 201 tons of tin concentrate, up by 5% from the plan. At present the Khabarovsk Krai (region) is…
DetailsIn January-June Russian coal exports climbed by 10% YoY, to 90.353 million tons, the Ministry of Energy statistics said. In June, Russia exported 15.916 million tons of coal. Coal production in January-June totaled 197.204 million tons including 174.182 million tons supplied. (Portnews/Ukrainian metal)
DetailsVolnogorsk Mining and Processing Works has ordered the Imex Minerals LLC the delivery of used dump trucks valued at 39.6 million UAH. This year the company will receive 8 used BelAZ-7547 produced not early than 2007 at the price of 4.95 million UAH apiece. The price of the deal was 1% lower than the expected…
Details“Zoloto Kamchatki” has bored the first meters at the Kumroch deposits, one of the most promising sites in Kamchatka. This year the company intends to bore 80 thousand meters of rock and produce 20 tons of gold. The total volume of investments in the project amounts to 1 billion rubles. At the Kumroch deposits an…
DetailsAleksandrinskaya Mining and Ore Company, a part of Russian Copper Company, has started a major modernization process at its processing factory. In particular, the ceramic vacuum filter will be replaced by the hydraulic filter-press. The new filter produced in Spain will decrease moisture contents in copper and zinc concentrate from 12% to 8%. “The copper…
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