The supervisory board of Evraz Yuzhkoks has appointed Andrei Shabanov the CEO of the company. He is the ex-director of Donetskkoks and the scientific-manufacturing enterprise Inkor and Co, both part of Metinvest. The decision was taken at the board meeting on December 18. The previous CEO Denis Koshkarev has resigned. Shabanov has been hired for…
DetailsThe American International Trade Commission has confirmed the information on damages inflicted by Russian, Belarus and UAE suppliers of wire rod. At the same time it has not found any critical conditions during the Russian export of wire rod to the US. Thus, the antidumping duty of 463.8-756.93% will be imposed on Russian wire rod,…
DetailsKangalassky pit of Yakutugol has completed the annual mining program in advance. So far the output is exceeding the plan by 15%. And the miners intend to increase it even more. Most of the coal from the pit (some 70%) is sent to the housing and municipal enterprises of the central regions of the Republic…
DetailsIn 2017 the Ministry of energy and coal industry has shut down 5 profitless state mines. “If the reform is completely carried out, we will have no profitless mines. This year we have shut down 5 mines, which have been closing down since 1992. They were just eating up budget money”, the minister of energy…
DetailsNLMK Group, an international steelmaking company with operations in Russia, the USA, and the European Union, has commissioned four more high-pressure grinding roll (HPGR) units, boosting productivity of Stoilensky’s Beneficiation Plant by 0.8 million tons of iron ore concentrate, to 17.4 million tons per year. As a result, Stoilensky has now covered 100% of the…
DetailsFINR, a subsidiary of Indian Tata Power, has won an auction for a 25-year license for the Krutogorovsky coalfield in Russia’s easternmost Kamchatka region with a 264.8 million-ruble bid, the regional government said on December 22. The field’s reserves are estimated at 300 million tons of coal. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
DetailsU.K.-based mining giant Evraz, which operates mainly in Russia, has resumed operation of the Yesaulskaya coalmine in the Kemerovo region, which was suspended on December 20 after a rockslide, the Energy Ministry said in a statement on December 22. The rockslide occurred in the mine’s blind ventilation drift, and 97 out of 100 miners evacuated…
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