Investments into the Jerui project will reach 32.6 billion soms in 20 years. In May 2015 the Russian Vostok-geoldobycha won the tender to develop the deposits. In early 2016 the Kyrgyz government said the construction of the gold-mining factory would start in autumn. But the year has passed, and the company was still discussing the…
DetailsIn January the Makmalzoloto mine yielded 27 kg of gold. According to Kyrgyzaltyn information, this is up by 4.7% from the target. The increase is explained by the partial replacement of machinery at Makmalzoloto. At present the mine has over 1 thousand employees. Makmalzoloto is the largest asset of Kyrgyzaltyn. The deposits grew low 10…
DetailsThe State Property Fund of Ukraine plans to put the 68.0095% stake of Zaporozhye Aluminum Works up for an auction in September. The privatization of the company will be carried out on the competition basis with open offers. The decision to return 68% of ZALK to the state was taken in May 2011 by the…
DetailsIn January Ukraine produced 2.1 million tons of steel, up by 9% YoY. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, rolled metal output increased by 10%, to 1.86 million tons, of pig iron – remained on January 2016 level – 1.91 million tons. Coke production dropped by 7%, to 1 million tons. In 2016 Ukraine produced 24.2 million tons…
DetailsAvdiivka Coke and Chemical Works is preparing to put its second furnace into operation. As of early February 7, water supplies were stable in the town of Avdiivka. At the same time, the works still uses only one electricity line out of four. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January Ukraine increased pig iron exports by 50.6% YoY, to 241 thousand tons, valued at $68.4 million, up 2.6 times YoY. According to the State Fiscal Service, pig iron was mostly exported to the US (58.8%), Turkey (19.3%) and Mexico (10.3%). At the same time, in January Ukraine imported 140 tons of pig iron…
DetailsIn January Ukraine exported 10.106 thousand tons of ferrous scrap, up 6.6 times YoY, but down MoM, as in December 2016 it exported 20.485 thousand tons. According to the State Fiscal Service, the exports increased 6.2 times, to $2.097 million. Imports in January went up 4.3 times YoY, to 1.882 thousand tons. Turkey (92.3% and…
DetailsIn January Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works produced 1.047 million tons of iron ore concentrate, up by 12.9% YoY. According to the company statement, sinter output went up by 37.8% YoY, to 203.9 thousand tons. In 2016 UGOK produced 11282.3 thousand tons of concentrate and 2085.09 thousand tons of sinter. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn 2017 UMMC investments into the capital construction of the Gaysky Mining and Processing Works will reach 2.3 billion rubles (on the last year level). “The major part (1,7 billion rubles) will be spent on the development of the underground mine, which will enable us to yield 7.5 million tons of ore”, the GGOK reconstruction…
DetailsThe Aluminum Association has initiated the organization of the large-scale long section manufacture of aluminum alloys at Russian enterprises. The issue was discussed during the meeting of the association with the leading local aluminum manufacturers and consumers. “Russia does not produce large-scale long sections of aluminum alloys at present and has to import them. The…
DetailsThe nail shop of Severstal-Metiz has put a new line of agglutinate fiber manufacture into operation. The total investments into the project exceeded 45 million rubles. The agglutinate fiber is used to reinforce concrete instead of rebars and welded nets. “This is a unique product for the Russian market. It has increased anchoring properties and…
DetailsFollowing the results of the first half-year of 2016, 11 members of the management team of Metinvest received $6 million. They are: Yuri Ryzhenkov, CEO, Yuliya Dankova, financial director, Alexander Pogozhev, metallurgical division director and acting director of mining division, Oleg Tokar, industrial safety and ecology director, Svetlana Romanova, legal issues director, Dmitry Nikolayenko, sales…
DetailsSergey Sidorkov has been appointed the acting investments director of Severstal Russian Steel. Previously he worked as the director of the center on investment projects. In his new office Sidorkov will continue the implementation of the investment program. (Ukrainian metal)
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