Delivery of limestone to industrial companies via railroad in January-June increased by 7% YoY, to 5.6 million tons. In May deliveries grew by 22%, to 1.1 million tons, the highest growth since the start of the year. Metal industry increased purchases by 7%. At the same time Zaporizhstal decreased purchases somewhat. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsAs a result of a fire at the mine named after Stashkov of DTEK Pavlogradugol in the village of Maryina Roscha 6 miners have been hospitalized with light injuries. The accident happened on July 10. Wooden elements of the anchoring at the depth of 350 meters took fire. At that time 350 miners were underground,…
DetailsThe Krasnoturyinsk-Polymetal LLC managing director Andrey Lisitsin has named new period when the processing works in the Krasnoturyinsk advanced development territory will be constructed. Thus, the commissioning is planned for 2022-2023. Previously it was planned to put the works into operation in late 2020. The reasons for the shift in plans have not been voiced.…
DetailsThe largest Petropavlovsk shareholder Kenes Rakishev has confirmed that the autoclave hydrometallurgical complex at the Pokrovsky mine in Amur region is scheduled to be commissioned in September. The autoclave started operating in a test mode last December. The first gold ingot was also received that month. 4 autoclaves are assembled at the mine. In September…
DetailsIn January-June Zagorsky Pipe Works sold 313 thousand tons of pipes, up 1.5-fold YoY. The main customer of the company was Gazprom. ZTZ has successfully finished testing K65 pipes. In 6 months personnel number has dropped from 1669 employees in January to 1528 in June. The company has spent 1.5 million rubles on social projects.…
DetailsRuspolymet has finished constructing the complex to produce metal powders and granules. The enterprise with the cost of 1.25 billion rubles is launched by Ruspolymet subsidiary – Grankom with the financial help from the Ministry of industry and trade (a loan of 750 million rubles). Some 100 jobs will be created. Of Grankom’s powders tool…
DetailsThe special economic zone of the industrial-manufacturing type Titanovaya dolina in Sverdlovsk region has welcomed three new residents, which will operate in the spheres of machine-building, metallurgy and electrical engineering. The combined investments in the projects reach 1.5 billion rubles. In particular, Tagil Steel will construct a plant to produce pipes for construction market. Over…
DetailsIn January-June Ukraine decreased pipes exports by 10% YoY, to 327.8 thousand tons, valued at $361.3 million, up by 9.7%. According to the State Fiscal Service, the share of pipe exports in the overall volume of foreign trade reached 1.48%. Ukraine exported 244 thousand tons of seamless pipes valued at $307.9 million, 73.5 thousand tons…
DetailsThe Cabinet of Ministers has approved the merger of Vostochniy Mining and Processing Works with the national nuclear power company Energoatom. The Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman has ordered the developers of the project to work it out till the end. VostGOK is the only uranium ore miner and uranium concentrate processor in Ukraine and the…
DetailsIn January-June Ukraine imported 10.5 million tons of coal valued at $1.476 billion, down by 4.2% YoY. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia accounted for 62.4% of deliveries. USA supplied 31% of coal concentrate and Kazakhstan – 4.22%. (Ukrainian metal)
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