In January-June Kimkano-Sutarsky Mining and Processing Works LLC produced 1.059 million tons of iron ore concentrate, up more than 2-fold YoY.
In Q2 concentrate output grew by 53%, to 580.9 thousand tons.
Sales have also increased 2-fold, to 10.46 million tons.
All the iron ore concentrate is exported to China. (Ukrainian metal)
Rosgeologia will carry out prospecting works of the cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts on the territory of the Russian prospecting region within the Magellan Hills of the Pacific Ocean. The corresponding agreement was concluded with the Department on subsoil use of the Northwestern Federal District in June. The project is expected to be completed in Q4 2020.…
DetailsUGMK-Stal has received another asset – the mining enterprise Boguslavskoye Mine Group. The enterprise mines iron ores and processes iron ore concentrates, as well as produces construction crushed stone. The enterprise possesses the Severopeschanskaya mine, a crushing factory and a number of auxiliary departments. Its annual output is 2.4 million tons of ore and 1.2…
DetailsVyksa Iron and Steel Works has supplied a batch of railroad wheels for high-speed passenger trains of its own design to Tver Car-Building Plant. The wheels can be used with speeds up to 200 km/h. Previously VMZ supplied wheels that could be used in passenger cars at the speeds up to 160 km/h. “In Q1…
DetailsIn April-June Metalloinvest produced 10.1 million tons of iron ore, up by 2.3% YoY. Pellets output grew by 4%, to 7 million tons. HBI manufacture increased by 1.3%, to 1.2 million tons. The share of sales of iron ore products with high added value (pellets, HBI) increased to 72% from 69% in Q1. Pig iron…
DetailsSeverstal has selected the supplier for the modernization of the zinc coating density-measuring system at the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works continuous hot dip-galvanizing machines. TT Analytica (Russia) will design engineering, supply the equipment, assemble and commission it. The equipment will be used to create a uniform layer of zinc of the necessary thickness on…
DetailsCorum Group has concluded agreements on the delivery of heading machines to Polish mining companies Polska Grupa Górnicza (PGG) and Jastrzębska Spółka Węglową (JSW). According to the company statement, the machines will be leased for 5 years. The combined cost of the contracts is 5.3 million euro. The first machine, intended for JSW, will start…
DetailsIn July Zaporizhstal increased steel output by 6% YoY, to 354.2 thousand tons. According to the company press service, pig iron manufacture grew by 29.4%, to 396.5 thousand tons, and rolled metal – by 2.2%, to 301.2 thousand tons. In January-June the company produced 2.393 million tons of steel, 2.537 million tons of pig iron…
DetailsIn January-June Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant increased ore processing by 6.1% YoY, to 679 thousand tons, or 35.284 thousand tons of ferronickel, down by 2.3%, or 7.5 thousand tons of nickel, down by 2.8%. In H1 the company expects to receive profit of some 2.3 million UAH. The average salary totaled 8038 UAH, up by 29.6%…
DetailsThe supervisory board of Dneprospetsstal has once again prolonged the authorities of the acting chairman of the board Vitaly Kornievsky for 3 months. On April 23, 2009 the supervisory board relieved Daniel Valk of his duties, having appointed the ex-CEO of Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after Petrovsky, Vitaly Kornievsky instead. His office has…
DetailsIn January-June Tajik Aluminum Company produced 54.8 thousand tons of primary aluminum, down by 3 thousand tons YoY. The decrease in output has to do with the capital repairs of the machinery to reduce electricity consumption. The repair is expected to be completed this year, after that output will grow again. Some 48 thousand tons…
DetailsOn July 31 an accident happened at Azovstal resulting in the death of one person, while another was rushed to hospital. Two employees of a subcontractor firm fell from on high while carrying out repair work in the coke shop. As the result of the fall one person died, and another was taken to the…
DetailsIn April-June the segment of Africa and CIS (ACIS) of ArcelorMittal increased EBITDA by 9.1% QoQ and 2.28-fold YoY, to $397 million. According to the group statement, H1 EBITDA grew 2.1-fold, to $760 million. Steel output decreased by 16.2% YoY and by 9.2% QoQ, to 3.087 million tons due to the problems at ArcelorMittal Kriviy…
DetailsThe prices for gold and silver bars in Azerbaijan decreased, while the prices for other precious metals increased on August 1, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold decreased by 2.3035 manats, to 2075.751 manats per ounce, compared to the price on July 31. The price of silver decreased…
DetailsRussian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) plans to raise production in July-September as compared with April-June, the company said in a presentation. Operating results of Russian facilities of NLMK are traditionally strong in July-September, which should improve financial results of the company, NLMK said. The company’s steel production rose by 1% QoQ, to 4.381 million tons…
DetailsVelikomostovskaya mine of the state enterprise Lvivugol has put a new long face No. 114 into operation.
The face reserves are estimated at 162 thousand tons of coal.
The length of the long face will be 80-120 meters.
It was expected to mine 3750 tons of coal in late July there. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June DTEK Energo mined 11.4 million tons of coal, down by 15% YoY.
Coal processing reached 8086.3 thousand tons.
Concentrate output totaled 4897.8 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
On October 1 Bystrinsky Mining and Processing Works intend to supply the first batch of dry magnetite concentrate (2.948 thousand tons) to China. The drying shop has already been commissioned. Its construction began in 2016. From now on the company can supply magnetite concentrate in winter as well. The total volume of magnetite concentrate to…
DetailsIn January-June Kapan Mining and Processing Works, a part of Polymetal International plc, processed 312 thousand tons of ore as opposed to 246 thousand tons a year ago. In Q2 ore processing grew to 158 thousand tons from 132 thousand tons in Q2 2017. In Q2 gold contents in ore totaled 2 g, down by…
DetailsIn January-June Russky Ugol increased sales of Krasnoyarsk power-generating coal by 14% YoY, at the same time Amur coal sales grew by 5%.
In particular, in 6 months the company shipped over 1.6 million tons of coal from Amur deposits and some 500 thousand tons of coal from Sayano-Partizansky pit in Krasnoyarsk region. (Ukrainian metal)
In June Russia produced 4.33 million tons of pig iron, up by 6.7% YoY (4.293 million tons in May). In 6 months pig iron output grew by 0.9% YoY, to 25.914 million tons. Ukraine increased output in June by 7.9% YoY, to 1.631 million tons (1.582 million tons), and by 7.7% YoY in 6 months,…
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