Berezitovy Mine LLC, a part of Nordgold, is celebrating 10 years since it has started developing the Berezitovoye deposits in Amur region. So far the company has mined 19.8 million tons of ore, producing over 28.5 tons of gold and 33.2 tons of silver. Gold reserves at the site are estimated at 33 tons with…
DetailsThe 23-ton hammer has resumed operation at the shop No. 3 of VSMPO-Avisma after capital repairs. In a month the main elements of the structure – steel pillars – have been replaced. On September 21 the commissioning of the hammer began. In a day, after all the minor malfunctions have been corrected, the hammer was…
DetailsThe State Subsoil Service has sold 3 licenses to prospect and develop alluvial gold sites in Khabarovsk Krai. Granitny, Poni Bolshiye-Tudur and Ayan sites have been auctioned. All the licenses have been purchased by local companies. The license to develop the Granitny site with the gold reserves of 87.3 kg for 3.575 million rubles has…
DetailsOver 3 thousand tons of flanged beams, produced by Evraz NTMK, have been supplied to the construction of the Salaryevo depot, which will be servicing the Sokolnichya line of the Moscow subway. The company supplies 70B1 S 255 beams. Evraz NTMK beams are used in the major urban infrastructure development projects in Moscow and Russia.…
DetailsBrok-Invest-Service believes that metal prices in October will be high. The beginning of the month has already seen the rise in all ferrous metal prices. The hot-rolled metal has reached its highest prices, so no new increases are expected, except for plates. Demand in the pipe segment is stable, and the price is steadily growing.…
DetailsFollowing a recent earthquake, a pit with the diameter of 300 meters and the depth of 50 meters appeared at a mine in Lviv region.
The mine is situated in the zone developed by Polymineral Mining and Chemical Enterprise.
A basin with mineral water could appear there in time. (Ukrainian metal)
Donetskstal resumes operation. According to the leader of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the Russia-created and supported terrorist organization, Alexander Zakharchenko, the smelting shop of the enterprise has been put into operation. “In October we will get the first metal as planned”, he said. Earlier DPR reported on the renaming of Donetskstal into Yuzovka Iron…
DetailsThe State Service on Subsoil Use intends in the short-term to settle the problem with Evraz Sukhaya Balka. “The situation with the blocking of the operation resulted from the company previous allowances expiring in August 2016”, the service said. In 1996 Evraz Sukhaya Balka obtained two allowances to mine for iron ore for 20 years,…
DetailsThe state enterprise Mirnogradugol has ordered Det-Yura LLC the delivery of anchoring valued at 8.78 million UAH.
The price includes insurance and transportation.
The Det-Yura LLC offer was 0.5% cheaper than those of its competitors. (Ukrainian metal)
Zaporizhstal has set a record of pig iron manufacture – 13.2 thousand tons per day, up by 500 tons from the previous record. This has been achieved thanks to the reconstruction of blast furnace manufacture. The works has already invested almost 9 billion UAH into environment modernization. In 2012-2016 investments totaled 5.6 billion UAH, with…
DetailsIn January-July Russia imported 7201 tons of copper pipes for conditioning, up by 16% YoY and by 23.6% from the 2015 level. According to the customs information, the main supplier of copper pipes was Serbia (21.6%), down by 17.4%. The average price on Russian border was $7374 per ton. Greece exported 20% of pipes, up…
DetailsIn January-July Russia exported 81.7 thousand tons of raw nickel valued at $768 million, down by 29% and by 23.3% YoY respectively.
These are also the lowest results for the past 10 years.
In July the average price for nickel was $9179 per ton FOB Russian border, down by 5% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
NLMK announced the closing of its $500 million 7-year Eurobond placement with an annual coupon rate of 4.00%. Interest payments on the Eurobonds are payable semi-annually. The proceeds from the issue will be used to finance the purchase of existing Notes due 2018 and 2019 in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Tender…
DetailsOn the square near the Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine a meeting was held.
People demanded clean air and healthy future for their children.
The strikers didn’t want the combine to be shut down, they just wanted the company to use all the filters and fulfill all the environment programs. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-August coal companies output decreased by 2.444 million tons, or by 9.4% YoY. “In particular, power-generating coal production dropped by 1.338 million tons, or by 6.5% YoY, and coking coal – by 1.105 million tons, or by 19.7%”, the Ministry of energy and coal industry reported. State mines decreased output by 20.8%. “The ministry-controlled…
DetailsInterpipe Nizhnedneprovsk Pipe-Rolling Plant has obtained a license to supply gas.
The corresponding decision has been taken by the National commission on energy and housing services regulation.
As of September 1, 318 licenses to supply gas have been given by the commission. (Ukrainian metal)
At the Extraordinary General Shareholder Meeting (EGM) held on September 29, NLMK shareholders approved payment of Q2 dividends of RUB 3.20 per share.
The date upon which the shareholders entitled to Q2 dividends will be determined was set as October 12.
H1 dividends will amount to RUB 5.55 per share. (NLMK/Ukrainian metal)
The deputy economic minister Sergey Nazarov has confirmed that the so-called Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics sell coal to Russia, and it in its turn reexports it to other countries. According to Nazarov, each month some 1 million tons of coal from the occupied Donbass are sold that way. Thus Russia helps DPR and LPR…
DetailsLisichanskugol (Lugansk region) has ordered the Komsomolskaya Central Processing Factory the processing of 82.1 thousand tons of coal for 7.74 million UAH.
The services were ordered following 2 auctions.
At one auction Komsomolskaya offered to process coal at 94.52 UAH per ton, at another – at 94 UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
The Pechersk district court of Kiev has arrested the assets of the largest ferroalloy producer Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant, Marganets Mining and Processing Works and Ordzhonikidze Mining and Processing Works under the Privatbank embezzlement case. The General Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the embezzlement of 19 billion UAH provided to Privatbank in 2008-2016 by the National Bank…
DetailsSibcable has started producing the HoldMine mine cable, which corresponds to the new requirements of Rostechnadzor.
The new requirements dictate using mine cables with improved characteristics.
The first batches of new cable have already been supplied to Kuzbass coal companies. (Ukrainian metal)
Two new hydraulic drilling mills with DML LP diesel engine have joined the drilling fleet of Krasnobrodsky and Kaltansky pits, parts of Kuzbassrazrezugol. They will be used to drill shafts when carrying out explosion works. The planned output of DML LP is 22 thousand meters of shafts per month. The company has been modernizing its…
DetailsKamensk-Uralsk Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works has increased sales to Russian machine-building companies.
In January-August sales grew by 1.5 thousand tons, or by 71% YoY.
Rolled brass and copper account for 90% of sales, rolled bronze share is 8%.
Machine-builders demand rods (53%), sections and plates (21%) and rectangular wire (11%). (Ukrainian metal)
Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Works has produced the 700-millionth ton of iron ore concentrate. The first ton of the concentrate was received in November 1972. At that time the capacity of the works was 7.5 million tons of ore per year. Now its capacities are much higher – to produce 100 million tons of concentrate…
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