Kazgeorud, a part of the Russian Copper Company, has started mining copper and copper-zinc ore at the Kundyzdy deposit. The design capacity of the output is 2 million tons per year. Investments in the development of the deposit are estimated at $205 million. The project will provide Aktyubinsk Copper Company with raw materials until 2033…
DetailsSince the start of the washing season Zoloto Kerbi LLC has exceeded gold output plan for this year by 15%. The company has obtained 415 kg of gold. This year the company intended to yield 350 kg. The washing season had to be over on October 15, but due to favorable weather, it was decided…
DetailsRussia’s second biggest lender VTB has bought almost 50 billion rubles of the debt of the metals producer Mechel from Sberbank to become the largest creditor of the group, the bank said in a statement on November 7. “Group VTB has purchased the debt of the group Mechel from Sberbank totaling a little less than…
DetailsFor the first time ever Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works has certified new grades of wire for the welding of metal structures. The certificates have been granted for the new grades of stainless steel wire with the diameter of 1.2, 2 and 3 mm. The wire has been tested by the National Agency of Welding…
DetailsIn October Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works increased concentrate output by 7% YoY, to 1009.4 thousand tons. At the same time sinter output dropped by 100%. In January-October UGK produced 9582.2 thousand tons of concentrate, up by 5.7% YoY, but sinter manufacture fell by 32.8%, to 945.8 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsMechel-Service has supplied 1.2 thousand tons of rolled metal to Berezniki Mechanical Works (BMZ) in Perm region to produce conveyer mine equipment. BMZ is the largest manufacturer of processing, mining, metallurgical and chemical machinery. Since the start of the year Mechel-Service has supplied sheet and bars manufactured by Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works and Izhstal,…
DetailsThe Uchaly mine of the Uchaly Mining and Processing Works has received a Sandvik TH 545i mine dump truck. The machine with the lifting capacity of 45 tons will be used to transport rock underground and will be operating at the Novo-Uchalinskoye deposit. Until the end of the year the mine is expected to receive…
DetailsRusal Kremniy-Ural intends to suspend the operation because of the unprofitability. “Under the stable trend of global silicon prices decrease, its manufacture in Russia becomes very unprofitable. That is why from December 1 we will suspend the manufacture of the silicon in the Urals until the prices are stabilized”, a Rusal representative noted. At present…
DetailsOMK has finalized a deal to purchase 100% minus 1 share of Railroad Car-Repairing Company-3 (VRK-3) from the Russian Railroads for 8.65 billion rubles. According to the group, this will allow it entering another transport market segment. VRK-3 comprises 42 enterprises with the combined capacity to repair over 100 thousand railroad cars per year. (Ukrainian…
DetailsHaving purchased Krivorizhstal, ArcelotMittal has invested $4.4 billion in its Kriviy Rih asset, and in the nearest 5 years will invest $1.8 billion more. According to the company deputy CEO on metallurgical manufacture Alexander Ivanov, the main focus will be on the change in sinter manufacture, which accounts for some 70% of air pollution. “We…
DetailsIn October metal transportation via the Dnepr River grew by 13.3% MoM, to 170 thousand tons. In 10 months transportation increased by 24.1%, to 1.37 million tons. In January-September metal transportation went up by 27.3% YoY, to 1.2 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsThanks to the first stage of the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works hot-rolling mill-1700 reconstruction, Metinvest will increase its sales of sheets to 4 million tons. “At present we produce 3.4-3.5 million tons of high-quality flat rolled metal, but now we will be able to produce 4 million tons”, Metinvest sales director Dmitriy Nikolayenko…
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