At present Azovstal Iron and Steel Works is operating at 50-55% capacity, but it could drop to 40% in case the railroad blockade is not stopped. According to the company CEO Enver Tskitishvili, the works is not receiving coking coals of the necessary quality, while coke from Russia is expensive – $360 per ton. “Altaikoks…
DetailsCentral Mining and Processing Works, a part of Metinvest, plans to start supplying pellets to the Western Europe and Japan. “Having completed the second stage of the pelletizing factory modernization we can now produce such pellets that will be in demand on every market, including in Western Europe and Japan,” the company CEO Dmitry Shevchik…
DetailsThe Ministry of energy and coal industry has not included anthracite coal into the forecast structure of TPPs fuel for March. The ministry expects anthracite deliveries only to Lugansk TPP. In particular DTEK will supply 100 thousand tons of anthracite. In March TPPs on controlled territory are expected to consume 403.1 thousand tons of anthracite.…
DetailsInvestments into the project of oxidized quartzite processing at Mikhailovsky Mining and Processing Works in Kursk region could reach 65 billion rubles, according to the regional governor Alexander Mikhailov. The project is expected to be realized by 2019. Mikhailovsky GOK is the largest iron ore mining and processing enterprise in Russia with reserves of 10.3…
DetailsGold output in Russia has been growing for 7 years in a row. In 2016 it increased by 1.2% YoY, to 297.4 tons. This year it is planned to mine 304-405 tons. Several regions provided for the growth of the output: Krasnoyarsk Krai increased gold production by 5%, to 52 tons, Magadan region – by…
DetailsOlcha gold-silver deposits have supplied the first batch of ore to processing works. All the roads were constructed last year. “This is a very ambitious project. And the implementation of new projects in precious metals mining confirms the fact that Magadan region is firmly moving forward, increasing gold and silver output from year to year”,…
DetailsChelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has made 23 deals with Mechel and its divisions on providing the group with 6.5 billion rubles and 9.7 billion rubles to its divisions. The total cost of the contracts is 16.2 billion rubles. One loan of 2.2 billion rubles will be given till April 1, 2022. 3 agreements with…
DetailsIn 2016 gold output in Sverdlov region dropped by 15% YoY, to 6710 kg. The region also produced 348 kg of platinum, up by 20%, and 37664 kg of silver, down by 21%. The major gold-miner of the region – Zoloto Severnogo Urala, a part of Polymetal, – mined 476 kg of gold, demonstrating a…
DetailsRinat Akhmetov’s Metinvest companies have devised a plan to avoid environment control in Mariupol. “Yesterday at noon near the Silpo supermarket on the left bank there was a horrible smell from Azovstal. And so what? It’s Saturday-Sunday. Stationary environment control posts are not operational (because of the weekends). Neither is the mobile laboratory”, a local…
DetailsMine No. 10 Stepnaya of Lvivugol resumed operation.
According to Lvivugol, coal is mined in normal mode.
Emergency rescuers are present at the mine.
On March 2, following the explosion 8 miners perished and 20 were rushed to hospital. (Ukrainian metal)
Minerfin (Slovakia) and Zaporizhstal will not stop investing into the Zaporozhye Iron Ore Complex. “Despite the very difficult situation – two years ago iron ore world prices dropped sharply – we still carried on investing in the construction of the grinding complex. I hope the development of the enterprise will not stop, and together with…
DetailsMariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works is continuing the reconstruction of the gas-purifying system at its sintering factory. “Builders are active in the construction of the desulfurization complexes of sintering machines No. 7-9”, the company CEO Yuri Zinchenko reported. “In a month all the metal structures will be assembled (120 tons have been assembled so…
DetailsIn January raw cobalt production in Russia decreased by 7.9% YoY and by 0.5% MoM.
According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, raw nickel output dropped by 40.7% YoY and by 27% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
The Siberian bank of Sberbank has put on sale at Avito.ru the Aluminum Castings Works in Barnaul, Altai region. The bank is selling 4 manufacturing premises, roads and railroads. Three shops are leased. There is also electricity enough for a large industrial enterprise, gas, water and heating. The size of the works is 40.657 thousand…
DetailsInvestments into Karelsky Okatysh, a part of Severstal, in 2017 will reach 4.7 billion rubles. 1.7 billion will be spent on decreasing expenses, increasing output and improving products quality. 2 billion rubles will be spent on buying new equipment. Energy efficiency also remains one of the primary targets. “Not all companies in the industry have…
DetailsIn 2016 NLMK Group increased its EBITDA profitability by 25% YoY and its free cash flow by 9%, to $1.1 billion. According to the company statement, its revenue reached $7.64 billion. EBITDA remained flat at $1.94 billion. Investments dropped by 6%, to $559 million. The net debt of the group decreased to $0.69 billion. (Ukrainian…
DetailsIn 2016 Meta Group, a part of ChTPZ, sold 1.354 million tons of scrap, up by 4% YoY, with 760 thousand tons being the group procured scrap, and 594 thousand tons – transit scrap. Meta-Perm demonstrated the growth of 6.1 thousand tons, Vtorchermet – 10.6 thousand tons, Meta-Chelyabinsk – 17.1 thousand tons, and Meta-Yekaterinburg –…
DetailsIn 2016 Atomredmetzoloto received 18.1 billion rubles of revenue, up by 4% YoY, with EBITDA up by 35%, to 4.3 billion rubles, and net profit up by 44%, to 3.7 billion rubles. “2016 was a difficult year for the uranium industry. Still we were able to improve our key financial indexes and showed the net…
DetailsEnergy and Coal Industry Ministry of Ukraine will initiate prohibition of grade “A” coal imports from the territory of the Russian Federation. “I will submit for consideration of the government the order on prohibition of grade “A” coal imports from the territory of Russia. The ministry has information, that the coal will be taken from…
DetailsThe blast furnace No. 3 at Zaporizhstal will be put into operation in April in full accordance with the schedule. According to the company CEO Rostislav Shurma, because of the railroad blockade of uncontrolled territories in Donetsk and Lugansk regions many metal companies have been experiencing the shortages of blast furnace raw materials. “The main…
DetailsZaporozhye Iron Ore Complex has gained access to ore reserves of 68 million tons.
The construction of the new grinding complex and the new ore deposits will create 152 new jobs.
In 2012-2016 ZZhRK invested over 1.86 billion UAH into development and modernization. (Ukrainian metal)
The Kazakhstan state gold-mining works Tau-Ken Altyn, a part of the National mining company Tau-Ken Samruk, plans to sell the National bank 15 tons of gold this year. “Last year Tau-Ken Altyn sold 12 tons of gold to the National bank. This year our plan is 15 tons”, Tau-Ken Samruk chairman Mazhit Turmagambetov said. Thus…
DetailsUkraine intends to increase uranium ore processing to 1501 tons in 2018, to 2480 in 2019 and in 2020 each. This year the uranium concentrate output is expected to increase by 21.4% YoY, to 1.2 thousand tons. Thus, the Ministry of energy and coal industry 2020 forecast of uranium concentrate production exceeds the 2016 results…
DetailsEvraz-holding intends to increase its share on Ukrainian coking coal market to 20%. According to the group statement, its share in 2016 reached 12%. The company increased exports to Ukraine by 42% YoY, to 2 million tons, and plans to increase them to 3 million tons in 2017. In 2015 the company revenues in Ukraine…
DetailsThe management of the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has initiated a dialogue between the Donbass blockade participants and the employees. “On behalf of all the personnel I would like to invite the heads of the railroad blockers to our works. We would like to organize the meeting with our employees, simple metallurgists, who…
DetailsIn February Kraft Group supplied the 100th batch of rolled metal to Leroy Merlin. The companies have been cooperating for more than half a year. During this period Kraft Group sent 500 trucks with Euro-standard rebars to the store. Kraft Group supplies metal to 12 Leroy Merlin stores in Moscow and Moscow region, as well…
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