The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed a decree to increase manufacture of non-ferrous and precious metals at Almalyk Mining and Processing Works. The project to develop the Yoshlik I deposit will be carried out in 2 stages. The first stage, in 2020-2024, sees the development of the deposit and the construction of a…
DetailsIn January-April, Sukhaya Balka decreased iron ore output by 3.7% YoY, to 875 thousand tons. In April, the enterprise produced 208 thousand tons of ore. In 2019, output grew by 0.3% YoY, to 2.727 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January-March, Vysochaishiy increased gold output by 33.2% YoY, to 2175.7 kg. The increase is due to the growth of output by 10% and the increased gold content in ore. The main increase was provided by Irkutsk region deposit: Goletz Vysochaishiy and Verkhne-Ugakhanskiy site yielded 1640.3 kg of gold. The Drazhnoye deposit in the Republic…
DetailsIn January-April, Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works decreased iron ore concentrate manufacture by 5.5% YoY, to 3.997 million tons. Sinter was not produced in the period. In April, UGOK produced 1.074 million tons of concentrate, up by 6.7% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsInterpipe-NTZ has replaced two of its cranes. In particular, one crane was replaced at the site of wheel finishing and another at the site of wheel manufacture. “Because of the repairs of outdated machinery, the delay in operation of both sites has increased. This was the reason for the machinery modernization”, the company reported. Investments…
DetailsSeverniy Katpar LLC has started developing a pre-feasibility study for the construction of a mine at the Severniy Katpar tungsten deposit. The study will be prepared by a local enterprise – Kazgioprtsvetmet LLC (Kazakhstan main institute of non-ferrous metallurgy enterprises design). In 73 years, the institute has participated in the development of projects for some…
DetailsSeverniy Mining and Processing Works has revealed its investment program for the year. The company intends to start hot testing of the technological line of the second stage of the cyclic and continuous technology at the Pervomaysky quarry. Three electric filters at the LURGI 552 A pelletizing machine will be replaced. This will allow decreasing…
DetailsIn January-April, Ukraine produced 275.9 thousand tons of pipes, down by 28.3% YoY. Ukrtruboprom association companies decreased output by 37.1%, to 180.6 thousand tons. In particular, Interpipe NTZ produced 53.4 thousand tons of pipes (-40.1%), Interpipe NMTZ – 23.5 thousand tons (-38%) and Interpipe Niko Tube – 96.2 thousand tons (-32.2%). Dneprovsky Pipe Works produced…
DetailsIn January-April, Ukraine procured 913 thousand tons of scrap, down by 12% YoY. 901 thousand tons (98.7%) accounted for imported scrap. Export decreased by 59%, to 12 thousand tons. In April, metal companies received 13.1% more scrap than needed – 220.6 thousand tons as opposed to the need of 195 thousand tons. The largest scrap…
DetailsIn January-March, the volume of capital investments in metal industry decreased by 13.2% YoY, to 4.6 billion UAH. According to the State Statistics Service, the share of metal industry was 30.1% of all industrial investments. Investments in mining dropped by 31.3%, to 9.7 billion UAH. Their share was 31.7%. In 2019, capital investments in metal…
DetailsRussia’s gold output rose by 9.29% YoY, to 343.54 tons in 2019, the Finance Ministry said citing the data on raw materials supplies to the refining plants. Mined gold output rose by 8.22%, to 286.05 tons, and by-product gold output by 23.14%, to 19 tons, while secondary gold production grew by 11.31%, to 38.49 tons.…
DetailsDneprovsky Iron and Steel Works has finished all repair works and is preparing to resume operation after a 7-month pause. DCH program presupposes investments of $300 million during 5 years in DCH Steel (DMZ and Sukhaya Balka). After repair, the works is gradually launching the operation of its blast furnace, oxygen-converter and rolling shops. DMZ…
DetailsAfter capital repairs, Azovstal is launching its blast furnace No. 4. Investments in the repairs amounted to 21 million UAH. The blast furnace was shut down because of the drop in metal demand. In order not to waste time, the company has carried out repairs at the furnace. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsAleksandrovskaya 1 LLC intends to extract 200 kg of gold in this year washing season. The company will continue developing the Jalon and Juvaskit deposits in Amur region. Aleksandrovskaya 1 has already started the washing season, which will traditionally last till November. Last year the company extracted 170 kg of gold. (Ukrainian metal)
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