Bystrinsky Mining and Processing Works has received a Rostechnadzor statement of conformity on its 10 stages of construction. Other 12 stages are being studied by the service. The commission plan of the works envisions 49 stages. So far conformity statements have been given for two quarries – Verkhne-Ildikanskiy and Bystrinsky-2, as well as road infrastructure.…
DetailsVorkutinskaya mine of Vorkutaugol has started working on a new long face. The face 712 is situated in the Troynoy layer, and its deposits amount to 800 thousand tons of coking coal. The long face is expected to be in development until May 2020. The transition from the previous long face to the new one…
DetailsUkrmetallurgprom believes that in September 1.85 million tons of steel will be produced in Ukraine. According to the enterprise information, pig iron output would be 1.75 million tons and rolled metal – 1.65 million tons. As of August 13, 17 out of 21 blast furnaces, 8 out of 9 open-hearth furnaces, 14 out of 16…
DetailsIn July Ukraine procured 192 thousand tons of scrap, down by 41% MoM. All the scrap procured was supplied to the domestic metal enterprises. No scrap was exported. In 7 months of 1.918 million tons of scrap procured (down by 12% YoY) domestic companies received 1.881 million tons (down by 1%), while 37 thousand tons…
DetailsIn July Ukrainian metal companies consumed some 220 million cubic meters of natural gas, up by 47% MoM. In 7 months gas consumption grew by 3% YoY, to 1.11 billion cubic meters. Metal companies also consumed 950 million kW-h of electricity, on par with June, and in January-July – 6.75 billion kW-h, down by 2%…
DetailsUS-Group has addressed the office of the president of Ukraine and the Ministry of Justice asking to protect it from a raider takeover carried out by an illegal re-registration of ownership rights in the state registry. The illegal change of ownership was carried out on July 18. The changes in the state registry were made…
DetailsIn January-July seaports of Ukraine increased metal and mining cargo transportation. In particular, the transportation of ore grew by 29.5% YoY, to 20.15 million tons, while that of ferrous metals dropped by 2.1%, to 9.63 million tons. According to the Ukrainian Associations of Seaports, rolled metal transportation increased by 1.2%, to 6.14 million tons, and…
DetailsIn January-July industrial prices in Ukraine grew by 8.1% YoY, including domestic prices by 9.6% and export prices by 1.6%. According to the Service of State Statistics, the prices in metallic ore mining increased by 14.5%, including by 3.8% locally and by 24.7% for exports. At the same time, in metal manufacture prices dropped by…
DetailsKamensk-Uralsky Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works has been named the Exporter of the Year in the Urals Federal District in two nominations – Exporter of the Year in industry and New Geography. 200 companies participated in the event, with 46 from Sverdlovsk region. Having won at this stage, KUZOTsM will compete with winners of other federal…
DetailsDneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine is continuing its capital repair of machinery, having spent, in particular, 17 million UAH on the repair of the AKAR-40/35 air separator unit in the oxygen-compressor shop. The repair started in July, and is still underway. The machine will be put into operation in late August. At the same time…
DetailsRussian state industrial corporation Rostec has left the Tomtor rare earth metals field it has been developing jointly with ICT Group of Alexander Nesis since 2013. Rostec transferred its 25% plus one share in the field’s developer ThreeArc Mining to Cyprus-registered Zaltama Holding Ltd, affiliated with Oleg Misevra, chairman of the board of directors of…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih was visited by Stephen Douglas, OSCE observer (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) in Ukraine. This is the first visit of a representative of the OSCE special monitoring mission to the plant. Recently, Douglas has been appointed OSCE Coordinator for Economic and Environmental Security in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya and Kirovograd regions. As…
DetailsIn January-June Kurilgeo LLC, developing gold and silver deposits on the island of Urup, increased precious metals output. Thus, the company has extracted 510.6 kg of gold, up by 48% YoY. Silver output increase totaled 63%, to 2371 kg. At the same time ore mining dropped by 16%, to 298.5 thousand tons. Revenue reached 1.474…
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