In 2018 Ferrexpo exported 10.287 million tons of pellets. In particular, Poltava GOK exported 7.61 million tons and Yeristovo GOK – 2.677 million tons. Pellets exports by Metinvest totaled 5.374 million tons (SevGOK – 3.136 million tons and CGOK – 2.238 million tons). Karelsky Okatysh (Russia) exported 5.293 million tons, Metalloinvest – 4.204 million tons…
DetailsPokrov Mining and Processing Works is carrying out a large-scale reconstruction of its mining machinery – the rotor excavator of the rotor complex No. 9 at the Chkalovsky quarry No. 2. The work started last autumn, after an accident that occurred in early 2018. The repair is carried out all the day long. The metal…
DetailsTechnoaliance Invest, which will be developing the Zashikhinskoye rare earth metals deposit in Irkutsk region, intends to construct a chemical and metallurgical plant in the region by 2027. The project will be carried out in 4 stages. The plant will produce tantalum, niobium, ferroniobium oxides and zirconium concentrate. The capacity of the plant will be…
DetailsIn 2018 the largest gold extractor of Kamchatka region – Ametistovoye – produced 3105 kg of gold and 11.4 tons of silver, down by 29% and by 20% YoY respectively. The decrease in the output is not explained. This year the company intends to start constructing a mine at the Ametistovoye gold deposit. The license…
DetailsAt the end of 2018, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih was one of the plants with the lowest frequency rate (0.38) among all ArcelorMittal’s assets in 14 countries (the third place). Benchmarking was done among the companies with the highest number of man-hours worked – over 16 million. Moreover, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has the lowest frequency rate…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih introduced three investment projects at public hearings, which are construction of a new LFCC-2 and 3 and coke oven gas pipeline, as well as the reconstruction of the LSM 250-4. Particularly, reports on environment impact assessment as a result of project implementation as well as further operation of new and reconstructed facilities…
DetailsPrecious metal prices varied in Azerbaijan. The price of gold increased by 16.5325 manats, to 2,233.4705 manats per ounce on January 30 compared to the price on January 29. The price of silver dropped by 0.3547 manats, to 27.1283 manats per ounce. The price of platinum fell by 4.3945 manats, to 1,389.92 manats. And the…
DetailsThe Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev proposes to create a state-owned mining company. According to the head of government, the state-owned company can be opened on the basis of Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC. “Kyrgyzaltyn hardly works. The company, owning many fields, gave its share to others and as a result remained with Makmal alone. If there…
DetailsIt is necessary to change the tax rates in the mining industry, the President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov said at a meeting of the Security Council on Measures to Ensure Security in Subsoil Use Sphere in the Kyrgyz Republic. The head of state noted that taxes in the mining industry ranged from 15% to 50%…
DetailsIn January-September 2018 Kazakhstan exported 14.2 thousand tons of uranium valued at $699.1 million, down by 18.8% and by 17% YoY respectively. China accounted for 57% of exports – 8 thousand tons valued at $422.6 million. Canada imported 2.6 thousand tons at $108.2 million (18.2%) and Russia – 2.4 thousand tons at $113.6 million (16.6%).…
DetailsIn 2019 Metinvest intends to transport over 74.2 million tons of cargo via railroad. In particular, the group plans to transport 12.5 million tons of ready-made products, 38 million tons of iron ore raw materials, 6.7 million tons of limestone, 11.1 million tons of coal and 3.7 million tons of coke and by-products. In 2018…
DetailsIn 2018 Izhstal increased rolled metal output by 13% YoY, to 561 thousand tons. The primary mill-850 saw the biggest increase – by 31%, while the mill-450 – by 17% due to the growth in output of round bars with the diameter of 120 to 180 mm, and the mill-300 – by 27%. The manufacture…
DetailsOne of the major metal enterprises of the Orenburg region – Svetly Ferronickel Works – is undergoing bankruptcy procedure. The bankruptcy claim was filed in October 2018. In three months the number of creditors has grown considerably, and the claims to the company increased from 350 thousand rubles to 825 million. The largest debt of…
DetailsLast year Kolmar had some large-scale events. In particular, it started constructing excavations of the Vostochnaya Denisovskaya mine with the reserves of 4 million tons of coal. Preparation works for the construction of a new 12-million ton Inaglinskaya mine have been completed. The Denisovskaya mine received new machinery: a Sandvik MC-430 combine, two Joy self-propelling…
DetailsLebedinsky Mining and Processing Works, a part of Metalloinvest, has received three new BelAZ trucks with the lifting capacity of 220 tons.
The dump trucks have been purchased under an investment program to renew machinery and increase the manufacturing efficiency.
LGOK now has 11 such trucks. (Ukrainian metal)
Yeristovo Mining and Processing Works, a part of Ferrexpo, has purchased 200 open cars from the Kryukovsky Wagon-Building Works.
Of these, in December 2018 EGOK received 50 and in January – 25.
The rest will be delivered in February.
Following this purchase the overall railroad car fleet of Ferrexpo now exceeds 2600 pieces. (Ukrainian metal)
A powerful explosion occurred on January 29 at the coal distillation shop of the Dneprovsky By-Product Coke Plant in the town of Kamenskoye. A gas and oxygen mixture exploded in the three-storey building, and the bitumen caught fire. As a result of the explosion 5 people got burns of various severity and were taken to…
DetailsIn 2018 the volume of industrial output in Donetsk region (not taking into account temporarily occupied parts) grew by 2.2% YoY. In particular, coke output increased by 8.1%. At the same time metal manufacture dropped by 4%. Coal mining increased by 12.6%, to 11.8 million tons. Pig iron output dripped by 0.7%, to 8.2 million…
DetailsThe Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) Victor Rashnikov said that MMK would allocate 300 million rubles to relocate residents of the housing in Magnitogorsk that were affected by the accident on December 31, 2018. MMK has already donated around 100 million rubles to the victims, as…
DetailsMagnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works’ (MMK) hot-rolled products Mill 2000 achieved its maximum annual production rate in 2018, for the second time since its launch, breaking the 6 million ton mark for production of hot-rolled products. The previous record was set at the end of 2016, when the annual output of the mill reached 5.948…
DetailsBaikal Mining Company belonging to billionaire Alisher Usmanov will take a $1.4-1.45-billion loan from Russian banks to finish construction of a plant at the Udokan copper deposit, Chairman of the Board of Directors Valery Kazikayev said at a mining congress on January 29. “We have invested about $900 million of own funds, and three key…
DetailsGold prices increased, while silver, palladium and platinum prices decreased in Azerbaijan. The price of gold grew by 1.904 manats, to 2,217.208 manats per ounce on January 29 compared to the price on January 28. The price of silver dropped by 0.0788 manats, to 26.7736 manats per ounce. The price of platinum fell by 7.327…
DetailsIn 2018 the Sokolovsko-Sarbaiskoye Mining and manufacturing Enterprise, a part of ERG, increased iron ore raw materials (pellets and concentrate) output by 19% YoY, to 12.5 million tons. In particular, the enterprise produced 8 million tons of concentrate and 4.5 million tons of pellets, up from 6.6 million tons and 3.9 million tons respectively. (Ukrainian…
DetailsIn 2018 Tajikistan mined 1.9 million tons of coal. 12 enterprises were involved in the process, developing 9 deposits. Shakhta Fon-Yagnob accounted for 46% of the total coal output, Talco-Resurs LLC – for 23% and Tajikistan Iron and Steel Works coal mining department – for 18%. 45 thousand tons were exported. Until 2012 the volume…
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