In January-October the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) extracted 31.9 tons of gold, up by 59.5% YoY. The increase is due to the growth of output at Aldansky and Olekminsky districts. The annual output plan for the former is 12.5 tons, and for the latter – 6.1 tons. Silver output grew by 50.2%, to 106.4 tons.…
DetailsIn October Russia exported 32.5 thousand tons of ferrosilicon, up by 20% MoM and by 27% YoY. Deliveries to Turkey grew 4.5-fold, to 4.7 thousand tons, to the Netherlands – by 22%, to 6.2 thousand tons, and to Japan – by 6%, to 12.7 thousand tons. At the same time Korea decreased imports by 26%,…
DetailsIn October Russia imported 308.4 tons of ferroniobium, down by 26% MoM and by 45% YoY. Brazil, the main supplier of ferroniobium, has been decreasing deliveries for three months in a row. In 10 months imports totaled 4 thousand tons, up by 15% YoY. In monetary terms since the start of the year the imports…
Details“You need to carefully approach investigation of incident at Kumtor, and not politicize this tragedy,” Ivan Ippolitov, a Russian expert on Central Asia at StanRadar.com said, commenting on possible consequences of the incident at the largest in Kyrgyzstan Kumtor gold mine. “Taking into account the fact that Kyrgyzstan’s long-standing unremitting public attention is riveted on…
DetailsIn January-November Almalyk Mining and Processing Works produced 154 tons of silver and 16 tons of gold, up by 158.9% and by 107.6% YoY respectively. The company is one of the 30 major miners and processors of copper and molybdenum, polymetals and gold-containing ores. It employs over 36 thousand people. Almalyk exports more than 20…
DetailsIn November Russia produced 12.7 thousand tons of stainless steel and semi-finished products, up by 9.1% YoY, but down by 11.6% MoM. In 11 months output dropped by 14.6% YoY. Unalloyed steel manufacture in November decreased by 6.4% YoY and by 3.2% MoM, to 4.6 million tons, with 11 months output down by 1.4%. (Ukrainian…
DetailsIn October Russia exported 18.3 thousand tons of aluminum wire, up by 34% MoM and by 125% YoY. Deliveries to Switzerland grew by 2%, to 4.2 thousand tons, to Belarus – by 18%, to 3 thousand tons, and to Ukraine – almost 2-fold, to 2.7 thousand tons. In 10 months exports totaled 140.7 thousand tons,…
DetailsKrasniy Octyabr Iron and Steel Works has started producing special steel to manufacture billets for the T-90 tank gun barrels. The customer – the Works No. 9 – will receive the billets in H1 2020. The billets under the governmental defense order will be produced in the special furnace. The weight of one billet is…
DetailsThe ChTPZ group has joined the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. The corresponding order has been signed by the Union president Alexander Shokhin. “The Union is the largest site in the country to unite efforts of industrialists and entrepreneurs aimed at developing the Russian economy. For us this is a way to share our…
DetailsThe Chusovoy Iron and Steel Works springs have become winners of the “100 best goods in Russia” competition in the “Novelty” nomination. The company has presented springs for low-ton cargo vehicles (LCV) of foreign make. The project to start producing such springs began in 2016. A special Springer brand has been created. (Ukrainian metal)
Details7 miners of the Krasnolimanskaya mine (Donetsk region) remained underground on December 26 protesting against the non-payment of the salary debts. As of early December 27 four miners remained underground. The management of the company claims it is looking for ways to pay salary. But the miners understand that if they don’t receive money today…
DetailsIn January-November Ukraine produced 1.56 million tons of manganese concentrate, up by 11.5% YoY. The increase is due to Pokrovsky Mining and Processing Works output growth of 22.7%, to 1.07 million tons. At the same time Marganets GOK decreased output by 7%, to 487.5 thousand tons. In 11 months Ukraine produced 899.3 thousand tons of…
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