Kyshtym Electrolytic Copper Plant has received new Linde electric forklifts.
The machines have been sent to the railroad and copper wire rod shops.
They will be used to load products into containers.
The forklifts operate on lithium-ion batteries, thus not polluting the closed premises. (Ukrainian metal)
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DetailsNLMK Group has topped the “Leader in Procurement Process Digitalization” nomination of the “Competitive Procurement Leader” Award. The Award Ceremony was held in Moscow at the Russian “Corporate Procurement 2018” Summit. The jury applauded NLMK Group’s achievements in the digitalization of procurement. Currently over 90% of tender procedures of the company are done through e-tendering…
DetailsThe delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany has visited PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, the biggest mining and metallurgical company of Ukraine. The visit took place on October 26 as a part of business visit to Ukraine of the representatives of German industrial companies united by non-government organization German Eastern Business Association. At the plant…
DetailsChaarat Gold Holdings Limited made a proposal for the all-cash acquisition of the whole of Centerra at a premium of not less than 35% above Centerra’s prevailing share price, statement of Chaarat Gold says. The proposed price amounted to 2 billion Canadian dollars (about $1.52 billion.) As the company said, “the ultimate objective of this…
DetailsIn January-September Metinvest kept the iron ore concentrate output unchanged YoY, at 20.54 million tons. Pellets manufacture increased by 32%, to 5.754 million tons, while saleable concentrate output dropped by 18%, to 5.671 million tons. In Q3 the manufacture of iron ore concentrate decreased by 7% QoQ, to 6.554 million tons because of the drop…
DetailsCenterra Gold Inc. has agreed with the government of the Kyrgyz Republic to further extend the First Longstop Date under the Strategic Agreement for Environmental Protection and Investment Promotion previously entered into with the government of the Kyrgyz Republic on September 11, 2017. The First Longstop Date was extended until January 31, 2019, statement of…
DetailsBrazil is eager to continue supplying Kazakh uranium ore concentrate, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Brazil Kairat Sarzhanov said at a briefing in Astana on October 31. He reminded that the list of products exported from Kazakhstan to Brazil had been updated and now included uranium ore concentrate. In April Kazatomprom won a…
DetailsThe Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman has reacted to the address of the Lugansk regional state administration and called a meeting on problem issues of coal industry and the clearing of salary debts to miners. Deputy chairman of the regional administration Yuri Klimenko reported on the situation at the Mine named after Kapustin, where…
DetailsYurga Machine-Building Works LLC and the Yubileynaya Mine LLC have signed an agreement on the delivery of 50 sections of mechanized anchoring. The first batch of 10 pieces the mine will receive in March 2019. The company has created a special type of anchoring for the mine. It does not look different from older models,…
DetailsIn July-September Metalloinvest increased pellets output by 2.4%, to 7.1 million tons, mostly because of the change in the schedule of repairs at LGOK. In January-September the group produced 20.8 million tons of pellets, up by 11.8% YoY. Metalloinvest also produced 10 million tons of iron ore in Q3, down by 1.3% QoQ, and 30…
DetailsIn January-September Metinvest increased steel output by 3% YoY, to 5.597 million tons. Steel manufacture in Q3 dropped by 8% QoQ, to 1.803 million tons, mostly because of the decrease at Azovstal by 171 thousand tons due to the shut down of converters Nos. 1 and 2 for scheduled repairs, which lasted for 7 and…
DetailsKyrgyzaltyn OJSC commented on speculations about possible sale of Centerra Gold’s shares and Kumtor project to a Chinese company Shadong Gold. Kyrgyzaltyn sent a request to the Canadian investors to clarify the information. They replied that since Centerra Gold was a public company, it could receive various offers from third parties, including Chinese investors, about…
DetailsTechnological equipment of the Italian company Danieli will be used for the production of cold-rolled steel with protective coatings at the Tashkent Metallurgical Plant (TMP), the Uzbek company reported. According to the information, the total production of the enterprise will amount to 500,000 tons of metal products per year, of which 200,000 tons will account…
DetailsPJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has run an open international competition on professional skills of drivers. Seven teams took part in the competition. There were teams of Zaporizhstal, Poltava Mining Complex, Kryvbass Belaz Service JV, and teams of Ukrainian and Kazakhstan Companies of ArcelorMittal Group. PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has been running such competitions for drivers…
DetailsIn January-September Ferrexpo invested over 2.4 billion UAH ($90.1 million) in the development of Poltava, Yeristovo and Belanovsky Mining and Processing Works. In particular, PGOK received 1719 million UAH, while EGOK and BGOK – 710.3 million UAH. The main capital expenditures at PGOK were the maintenance of the current manufacture at 568 million UAH ($21.1…
DetailsIn January-September Primorye region produced 1748 tons of tungsten concentrate, up by 33% YoY. Two enterprises are mining for the concentrate in the region – Primorsky Mining and Processing Works and Lermontovsky GOK LLC. Primorsky GOK produced 1513 tons of tungsten concentrate and Lermontovsky GOK – 235 tons. Primorsky GOK also produced 366 tons of…
DetailsThe railroad shop of Uralelectromed has received 100 cathode trolleys with the lifting capacity of 8 tons each. The shop has also purchased 50 anode trolleys of the new design to transport heavy copper anodes (the weight of an anode is 396 kg). “The new trolleys will allow us optimizing transportation of anodes and cathodes…
DetailsSeverstal has concluded contracts for the manufacture of metal structures for the blast furnace jacket and the delivery of refractory materials and the cooling system under the project to construct the blast furnace No. 3 at Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. The jacket will be produced by Vitkovice (the Czech Republic). Refractory materials will be…
DetailsThe drop-hammer shop of the Volgograd Iron and Steel Works has finished the modernization of automobile scales. The modernization has been carried out in 3 months, according to the schedule. At the first stage the logistics specialists have determined the best place for the weighing complex. Then the constructors started preparing the site. The lifting…
DetailsIn January-September Ukraine mined 24.849 million tons of coal, down by 5.1% YoY. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, coking coal output dropped by 11.8%, to 4.463 million tons, and of power-generating coal by 3.5%, to 20.385 million tons. In September coal output grew by 8.3% YoY, to 2.781 million tons. The…
DetailsIn January-September Norilsk Nickel received 146.38 billion rubles of net profit as calculated under the Russian standards, up by 49.8% YoY. According to the group statement, its revenue increased by 45.6%, to 447.53 billion rubles, gross profit amounted to 279.52 billion rubles, up by 57.5%, and sales profit went up by 63.1%, to 249.35 billion…
DetailsThe Subsoil Use Licensing Commission denied Alliance Altyn’s application for obtaining permission to pledge a license for development of Jerooy gold deposit in a bank for taking a loan, the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use of Kyrgyzstan reported. The commission denied the application due to litigation over the accrued fines under the…
DetailsPrices of precious metals decreased in Azerbaijan on October 31, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold dropped by 18.9975 manats, to 2,068.4155 manats per ounce on October 31 compared to the price on October 30. The price of silver fell by 0.2183 manats, to 24.4553 manats per ounce.…
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