Prices of precious metals increased in Azerbaijan on June 3 compared to the prices on May 31. The price of gold grew by 33.8385 manats, to 2,231.3775 manats per ounce. The price of silver went up by 0.1982 manats, to 24.8961 manats per ounce. The price of platinum increased by 12.325 manats, to 1,362.635 manats…
DetailsZEMZ has repaired the furnace No. 2, an important part of the mill-1150 in the rolling shop No. 1. The furnace heats billets with the weight of up to 3.6 tons for the consequent rolling at the mill. The furnace is fueled with natural gas. Its output is 150 tons per day. As a result…
DetailsOtradnoye LLC has won a right to develop a gold site in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The price of the site on the Rodinka Brook totaled 17.105 million rubles. The deposit balance reserves are estimated at 82 kg of gold for open-pit extraction and 645 kg for underground mining. KTK LLC won the auction…
DetailsIn January-March, Metalloinvest net profit grew by 29.6% YoY, to $539 million. EBITDA increased by 8.1%, to $730 million. Revenue went up by 2.4%, to $1.856 million. The company net debt totaled $3.336 billion, down by 0.7% since the beginning of the year. Capital expenses dropped by 7.4%, to $88 million. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsSeverstal has concluded and agreement for the modernization of the turbo-generator No. 7 of the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works steam-air-thermal power plant. The cost of the investment project is 600 million rubles. The modernized turbo-generator is expected to be commissioned in late 2020 This is the second modernization of the company turbine power park;…
DetailsA ban was imposed on licensed areas provided for geological study and development of radioactive elements – uranium in Kyrgyzstan, the Information Support Department of the Government’s Office reported. The Prime Minister Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev signed a decree prohibiting work on licensed areas provided for geological study and development of radioactive elements – uranium until a…
DetailsThe Gross mine has completed its large-scale mining transport program. Now the mine is fully equipped with over 100 units of large mining machinery. Last year $44 million were spent to buy 30 units of machinery, including 14 Caterpillar dump trucks with the lifting capacity of 135 tons each. Gross mine also operates 3 Caterpillar…
DetailsHort-V LLC (Moscow), which owns a license to develop the Ukonikskoye deposit in Zabaikalye region, intends to start extracting gold in 2023. Annual ore output will reach 800 thousand tons. The company plans to construct a gold-extraction factory with the design capacity of 2 tons per year in the first phase. Later the capacity will…
DetailsSolntsevsky coal pit has put into operation a new Uralmashzavod EKG-20 excavator. This is the first Russian machine in the Eastern Mining Company fleet. The excavator was made to order and delivered in December 2018. The ladle of the machine has an increased volume of 22 cubic meters as opposed to 20 cubic meters in…
DetailsFincraft Resources of the main Petropavlovsk shareholder Kenes Rakishev will invest $200-300 million in the development of mines at the Gornostayevskoye, one of the largest cobalt and nickel deposits in Kazakhstan. The cluster will start operating in 3 years, with metal to be exported to South Korea, China and Russia. The deposit reserves are estimated…
DetailsFrom September, ArcelorMittal Poland will shut down its sinter factory, blast furnace and converter shops at the Krakow plant. The shut down will last for months or even quarters. At the same time the company will not fire 1.2 thousand employees. They will be transferred to rolling shops, other ArcelorMittal enterprises, or to subcontracting companies.…
DetailsRussian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) plans to reduce steel production to about 16 million tons in 2019 from 17.493 million tons in 2018, President Grigory Fedorishin announced. “The amount of steel production will fall at the Lipetsk facility because a big blast furnace and a big converter will shut down for repairs. We intentionally united…
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