Russia’s United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has launched construction of a 50-billion ruble seamless pipes facility at its subsidiary Vyksa Iron and Steel Works. “The goal of the project is to satisfy current and future demand in line and threaded seamless pipes, including pipelines for difficult production conditions and directional drilling by oil and gas companies…
DetailsInterdepartmental Commission has visited uranium deposit and measured the background radiation level, YurAsia company reported. The radiation background in the camp ranges from 30 to 72 micro-roentgens per hour, and at the quarry – 75 micro-roentgens per hour. The radiation background rose to 130 micro-roentgens per hour at the mining site. After the completion of…
DetailsDTEK has limited electricity supplies to the state enterprise Mine named after Surgay in Ugledar, Donetsk region. “On April 22, the electricity supplies to the mine were limited because of the debt of 322.5 million UAH”, the company said. The Ministry of energy, the State Service of the energy supervision and the city council of…
DetailsIn March, Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine produced 231.404 thousand tons of metal, up by 1.2% from the target. The works also produced 346.741 thousand tons of sinter (+3.5%), 202.638 thousand tons of pig iron (+4.3%) and 227.905 thousand tons of steel (+0.8%). The rolling shop manufactured 60.509 thousand tons of metal, with pipe site…
DetailsZaporozhye Iron Ore Complex has increased wages from April 1, by 15% on average. In Q1, two mines of the enterprise extracted 1.123 million tons of iron ore, up by 1% from the target, and sold 1.242 million tons, up by 7.8%. In March, ZZhRK mined 384.7 thousand tons of ore, up by 1% from…
DetailsShareholders of Makeevkoks, situated on the Ukraine-uncontrolled territory, refreshed the supervisory board, by removing two of its members, as well as changing the auditor. The decisions were taken at the shareholders’ meeting on April 18. In particular, the shareholders have re-elected Igor Nadych and Olga Vinogorodskaya as members of the supervisory board for three years,…
DetailsOn April 21, a Stepnaya mine employee of the state enterprise Lvivugol has been mortally injured. The locomotive driver was only 32 years old. A special commission to investigate the accident has been created. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January-March, Korshunovsky Mining and Processing Works received 1.227 billion rubles of net profit, up 5.7-fold YoY. Revenue grew 2.2-fold, to 3.675 billion rubles. The GOK fixed liabilities decreased from 352.6 million rubles to 337.8 million rubles, while short-term liabilities grew from 2.047 billion rubles to 2.053 billion rubles. Gross profit increased 18.5-fold, to 1.572…
DetailsGold and silver prices increased in Azerbaijan on April 22 compared to the prices on April 19. The price of gold grew by 5.9075 manats, to 2,175.048 manats per ounce. The price of silver went up by 0.0649 manats, to 25.5949 manats per ounce. The price of platinum increased by 6.511 manats, to 1,541.679 manats.…
DetailsHead of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use, Emil Osmonbetov, suggested residents of Ton district of Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan to join the commission that would work at the uranium deposit. He stated this at a meeting with the villagers. Last weekend, an on-site meeting of members of the interdepartmental commission to…
DetailsCollecting of signatures under a petition, demanding to ban development of Tash-Bulak uranium deposit in Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan, started on social networking sites. The author of the petition is some Alena Khromenko. She invites everyone to sign the petition on a special site. As of today, 7,495 people have signed the petition with the…
DetailsCivil activists have held a flash mob “We are against uranium” near the monument to Urkuya Salieva in Bishkek. Organizer of the event was Ak-Zhol Ytymagi Public Foundation. Director of the foundation told reporters that he did not trust the company that wanted to develop Tash-Bulak uranium deposit in Issyk-Kul region. The activist demanded from…
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