The Kapitalnaya mine (previously mine named after Stakhanov) of the state enterprise Mirnogradugol (previously Krasnoarmeyskugol) has put into operation the fifth northern long face. The reserves of the long face are estimated at 510 thousand tons of coal, or 1 year of operation. Investments in the long face totaled 138 million UAH. In autumn the…
DetailsIn May railroad transportation of ferrous metals decreased by 3.3% YoY, to 5.9 million tons. From the beginning of the year the railroad transported 29.8 million tons of ferrous metals, down by 0.4% YoY. Ferrous metals exports to Italy decreased by 30%, to Spain by 75% and to Egypt by 60%. At the same time,…
DetailsMechel shareholders at the annual meeting decided to spend 1.426 billion rubles to pay dividends for 2016 (10.28 rubles per premium share). Thus the company will spend 20% of its 2016 profits on dividends. In 2016 Mechel for the first time received profit of 7.1 billion rubles. Last time Mechel paid dividends in 2011: 31.28…
DetailsStoilensky, part of NLMK Group, has produced its three-millionth ton of pellets at its pelletizing plant, one of the largest in Europe. Launched in November 2016, the pelletizing plant was recognized as the 2016 Event of the Year in the Russian steel industry by experts at the Metal-Expo’2016 international exhibition. The plant has a design…
DetailsIn January-June Zaporizhstal, one of the largest taxpayers of Zaporozhye region and Ukraine, produced 1.582 million tons of rolled metal, down by 8.9% YoY. Steel output decreased by 4.8%, to 1.893 million tons, pig iron – by 9.7%, to 1.67 million tons. In June Zaporizhstal produced 276.1 thousand tons of pig iron, 306.1 thousand tons…
DetailsIn January-June Ukraine produced 9.641 million tons of steel, down from 11.916 million tons in H1 2016. Pig iron output dropped from 11.92 million tons to 9.404 million tons, rolled metal – from 10.512 million tons to 7.857 million tons. In January-May steel manufacture decreased by 17.7% YoY, to 8.708 million tons, pig iron –…
DetailsIn January-June Ukraine produced 5.037 million tons of bulk coke, down by 22.5% YoY. In particular Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works decreased output from 1.468 million tons to 1.272 million tons, Alchevsk Coke and Chemical Works – from 900 thousand tons to 125 thousand tons, Makeevkoks – from 503 thousand tons to 127 thousand tons,…
DetailsIn January-June Ukraine produced 505.9 thousand tons of steel pipes, up by 27.46% YoY. Niko-Tube increased output from 95 thousand tons to 141 thousand tons, Nizhnedneprovsk Pipe-Rolling Works – from 74 thousand tons to 125 thousand tons. UTiST produced 1.4 thousand tons of pipes, up from 1.3 thousand tons, Centravis – 9.1 thousand tons, Khartsyzsk…
DetailsIn Q1 Metinvest doubled its investments into capital construction YoY, to $103 million. The mining segment accounted for 71% of investments (46% in Q1 2016), while metal segment –28% (52%). The main investments at Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works include the construction of the continuous casting machine No. 4 and the reconstruction of the…
DetailsVladislav Solovyov, CEO of UC RUSAL, has suggested Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin study a support program for large industrial power consumers that will stimulate industrial production and boost the gross domestic product (GDP). According to Solovyov’s calculations, industrial consumers pay for excessive power generation, grid capacities, and many types of cross-subsidization with the payments…
DetailsThe management of the Vysochaishiy public joint-stock company has decided to distribute 6.378 billion rubles of net profit for 2016. 2.308 billion rubles will be sent to the development fund, of them 1.63 billion – for construction, 108.333 million rubles – for prospecting, and 1.793 billion – to cover losses of the previous years. 46.8…
DetailsThis year Stangold LLC is working under one license only and washes for the alluvial gold at the Sirik creek valley. So far the company has obtained only 22 kg of gold, down by 2 kg YoY. The target for this year is 50 kg of gold. But the company expects to get up to…
DetailsIn January-June Uglegorskugol LLC mined 17.733 thousand tons of coal at its Central site of the Solntsevskoye deposits. In H1 2016 the company mined 148.664 thousand tons of coal, with 337.473 thousand tons mined in the whole 2016. The decrease of the output is connected with the thinning of the licensed sites. The company has…
DetailsBeloretsk Iron and Steel Works has passed the audit of rebars wire and threads for the correspondence of the Slovakian norms of construction products. The certificate will allow the company to increase product range supplied to Slovakia and the number of customers. In particular, the rebars wire with 5 mm diameter and rebars 7-wire threads…
DetailsThe supervisory board of Ogneupornerud, controlled by the System Capital Management through its daughter company UMG, has fired the company director Evgeny Tsimarman. The decision on resignation was taken on June 26. Tsimarman’s office expired on June 30. The vacant position of the CEO has been taken by the chief engineer of Druzhkovka Mine Group,…
DetailsAn accident happened at the seized Donetsk Iron and Steel Works. The pig iron has destroyed the tap hole and spilled on the rails in the foundry shop. There were no casualties. The tap mass, used to cover the hole after pig iron manufacture, each two hours, has not been supplied to the works since…
DetailsAnglo Asian Mining PLC (AAM), a producer of gold, copper and silver in Azerbaijan, targets to produce up to 72,000 gold equivalent ounces in 2017, said the company’s CEO Reza Vaziri at an annual meeting. These excellent financial and production results reflect the ongoing success of the AAM’s long-term plan of sustainability and cost reduction,…
DetailsAfter the strike of workers, the processing plant Ak-Tyuz has been launched, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Mining and Metallurgical Trade Union of Kyrgyzstan Eldar Tadzhibaev reported. The plant works, but the employees have not been paid yet. Workers are ready to wait until July 10. If they don’t get their money, manufacture…
DetailsPrime Minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov got acquainted with the possibility of developing a gold deposit in the section “Kyldoo” in Toguz-Torou district of Jalal-Abad region near the State Natural Park “Saimaluu-Tash”, the information department of the government reported. According to it, the need for gold mining in the mine arose in connection with the depletion of…
DetailsThe volume of Russian gold producer Polyus’ secondary public offering (SPO) amounted to $879 million taking into account the option of oversubscription or $799 million without this option, the company said in a statement. Polyus said earlier its board of directors set the SPO price at $66.5 per share. Around 9% of the company’s shares…
DetailsThe import of coal from USA will ultimately destroy Ukrainian industry because of the high tariffs on electricity manufacture. “The increase of coal price will affect tariffs for industry, not to worsen the social tension, which is high anyway. All of us will be affected indirectly, as the prices will rise”, the energy expert Valentin…
DetailsInterpipe was among the companies, hit by the cyber attack on June 27. According to the company statement, at present the manufacturing and shipping processes operate in normal mode. “Some non-critical IT-services have been damaged, in particular postal client. As of early June 29 some of them have been restored”, the company said. Because of…
DetailsDneprospetsstal, the largest alloyed steel manufacturer in Ukraine, is experiencing difficulties because of the scrap shortage. In case the scrap export duty of 30 euro per ton is cancelled, Ukrainian companies will have to compete with each other for the raw materials, DSS believes. “The issue of the duty for us is the issue of…
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