GV Gold has put into operation the Taryn Mining and Processing Works at the Drazhnoye deposits of Taryn ore field. Vysochaishiy acquired the license to operate at the Drazhnoye deposits in late 2012. The capacity of the first stage of the GOK is 700 thousand tons of ore per year. When it reaches its project…
DetailsZagorsky Pipe Works has successfully tested pipes with the new coating. Metalen PE-21 is the most promising development from Metalclay in pipe insulation. It is a single-layer polyethylene coating, which excludes the usage of an adhesive when applying external protection to the pipe surface. After all the technical conditions are included in the Gazprom Registry…
DetailsKyshtym Electrolytic Copper Plant is preparing to assemble new conveyers in the copper electrolysis shop. The transport lines will connect the current and additional electrolysis baths. The system will include 2 universal and 2 accumulative conveyers. The universal reverse transporters with the lifting capacity of 25 tons each will be used to move matrices, matrices…
DetailsIzhstal has completed capital repairs of its bars finishing line. The line is very important for the works as it provides for the high precision of the size and the highest quality of the metal surface. Products are supplied to the aviation, automobile, oil-and-gas industries, as well as machine-building. The line is used for external…
DetailsIn January-July Ferrexpo exported 5.87 million tons of iron ore pellets. In particular, Poltava Mining and Processing Works exported 4.705 million tons of pellets, while Yeristovo GOK – 1.165 million tons. At the same time Karelsky Okatysh exported 2.875 million tons of pellets, Mikhailovsky GOK – 2.148 million tons, Lebedinsky GOK (all three – Russia)…
DetailsRussian gold producer Polyus has started hot commissioning of a processing plant at the Natalka gold deposit in the Magadan region, the company said in a statement on September 5. “Following completion of the hot commissioning, the company anticipates that full production will be launched at Natalka before the end of 2017 as earlier guided,”…
DetailsDTEK is waiting for the arrival of two ships with anthracite from South Africa in the middle of September. “Each ship will deliver 75,000 tons of coal that is in short supply. Our thermal power plants – Kryviy Rih and Prydniprovska – would be able to generate enough electricity for Ukraine. These plants would help…
DetailsAzovstal Iron and Steel Works and Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works received the most VAT reimbursement in August. According to the State Treasury, Azovstal received 837.378 million UAH, Mariupol Ilyich – 558.834 million UAH, while ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih – 426.475 million UAH. VAT reimbursement to all companies in August totaled 9.611 billion UAH. (Ukrainian…
DetailsIn January-July Ukraine sold 1.185 trillion UAH worth of industrial products (goods and services), up by 26.6% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, in July mining and processing industry sales increased by 20.6% YoY, including exports – by 24.9%. Metal products accounted for 17.8% of sales, while mining and quarrying products for 14.9%. (Ukrainian…
DetailsChukotka has been decreasing gold output lately. The local authorities believe this is because of the thinning of gold deposits. In 2016 the region obtained 29.184 tons of gold, down by 9.17% YoY. “We are settling issues with new projects. We’re constructing electricity lines. We are prepared to work at the Kupol deposits, and at…
DetailsIn January-August coal enterprises produced 23.592 million tons of coal, down by 9.4% YoY. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, coking coal output decreased by 24.5%, to 4497.3 thousand tons, power-generating coal – by 5%, to 19094.7 thousand tons. In August Ukraine produced 2543.2 thousand tons of coal, down by 26.1% YoY.…
DetailsInterest for using bank loan on investment project will be returned to Belarus Iron and Steel Works from the state budget. This is envisioned in the Council of Ministers’ decree dated August 31. The company will be paid back interest for using bank loan in foreign currency in 2013-2015. The payback will be in Belarus…
DetailsOn September 4, Belarus Iron and Steel Works smelted the 50-millionth ton of steel. Each year the jubilee tons are reached sooner thanks to the reconstruction at the works. The 20-millionth ton was produced in 2004, 20 years after the production started. In early 2013 the works produced the 40-millionth ton. In 4.5 years BMZ…
DetailsRusal announces the manufacture of the first in Russia high-voltage power transformer with aluminum winding. The project was carried out by the Engineering-Construction division in 2016-2017 within the program to improve the stability of electric equipment operation at Rusal aluminum plants. The first transformer has already arrived at the Bratsk Aluminum Works. Rusal plans to…
DetailsAt the Horizon mine in the pro-Russia terrorist-occupied Makeevka following the accident at least two miners perished. The accident happened on September 1, when the mine was flooded. The body of a miner – the Makeevka citizen (born 1987) – was recovered. Soon after that the body of another miner was found – also Makeevka…
DetailsThe Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kanat Bozumbayev, has dubbed the troubled facilities in terms of the preparation for the upcoming heating season. “In a number of regions, there are outstanding issues that require additional measures to ensure the stability of the upcoming heating season,” Kanat Bozumbayev said at a government session.…
DetailsThe Supreme Commercial Court of Ukraine has left unchanged the ruling of the Kiev commercial court of appeals as to the volume of the main debt of Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine to Metinvest at 5.19 billion UAH instead of 2.566 billion UAH. At the same time the ruling of the Commercial court of Kiev…
DetailsThe Lviv region state administration is against uniting all the state mines into one company, the administration fuel and energy saving department director Mikhail Melnik reported. “We don’t like the idea of turning separate enterprises into manufacturing subdivisions. We want money invested into each mine, we want them modernized. The country is carrying out the…
DetailsOn September 1 a new standard TK 99 “Aluminum” GOST R 57454-2017 “Primary aluminum and the alloys on its basis. Forms of output and delivery. Marking, packaging, transportation and storage” developed by the Aluminum Association came into effect. The goal of the standard is to improve the quality and competitiveness of aluminum products, and update…
DetailsRost Bank has filed a bankruptcy claim to the Arbitrary court of Sverdlovsk region as to Rezhnickel. The amount of the claim is 202.6 million rubles. In late August Rost Bank filed a similar claim as to Ufaleinickel, demanding 202.6 million rubles as well. Rusal enterprises in the Ural Federal District stopped operating because of…
DetailsKola MMC has finished reconstructing the nitrogen-oxygen plant, having put into operation a new air-separation unit with compressor equipment. The modernization will allow Kola MMC to considerably decrease expenses when manufacturing air separation products widely used in the non-ferrous metals manufacture. The company believes the economic impact from the implementation of new techniques will amount…
DetailsThe RusHydro board of directors has preliminary approved of the results of its participation in the construction of the Taishet Aluminum Smelter together with Rusal. RusHydro has estimated the cost of a 50% stake in the project at $388 million (22.5 billion rubles). Another aspect of the company participation in construction is Rusal confirmation of…
DetailsRusolovo, the only tin-mining company in Russia, in January-August produced 511 tons of tin concentrate, up by 70% from the historical maximum of 300 tons, reached by the company in 2015. “The considerable increase of the tin output is the result of the consecutive investments into restoration and development of capacities”, the company CEO Evgeniy…
DetailsNLMK is planning to start a road show with dollar-nominated eurobonds in USA and Europe on September 6. Meetings with investors will be held in London, Zurich, New York and Boston. J.P. Morgan, SG CIB, ING and UniCredit will act as organizers. Depending on the market situation NLMK intends to offer mid-term bonds to investors.…
DetailsThe European Bank fro Reconstruction and Development intends to lend ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih 200 million euro.
The total amount of the loan could reach 350 million euro, with 150 million provided with the help of other institutions.
The loan will be used to support the AMKR investment program valued at $1.1 billion. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-August Ukraine produced 13.826 million tons of steel, down by 16% YoY. Rolled metal output decreased by 18%, to 11.806 million tons, pig iron – by 20%, to 12.772 million tons. At the same time pipe manufacture grew by 28%, to 691 thousand tons, while that of coke dropped by 21%, to 6.859 million…
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