Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has successfully passed the audit by Rosatom and has been included in the database of stainless sheet suppliers. The auditors inspected the technological line of the rolled stainless steel manufacture: from raw materials preparation to ready-made products shipping. “Last year we were selling stainless steel for the manufacture of tanks…
DetailsThe prices of precious metals decreased on February 22. The price of gold dropped by 26.6645 manats, to 2,251.854 manats per ounce compared to the price on February 21. The price of silver fell by 0.3681 manats, to 26.9017 manats per ounce. The price of platinum went down by 1.1475 manats, to 1,404.659 manats, and…
DetailsIn 2018 Russia produced 314.42 tons of gold and 1119.5 tons of silver, up by 4.2% and by 7.2% YoY respectively. Most of the gold produced is purchased by the Central bank. Last year it bought 8.8 million ounces of gold (273.7 tons). (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsSince the start of the year and as of February 18, the largest coal miner in Sakhalin – Solntsevsky Coal Pit LLC has extracted 900 thousand tons of coal. The enterprise is operating at the Solntsevskoye deposit. Extraction is carried out at two sites – Yuzhniy-1 and Yuzhniy-2. This year the company intends to mine…
DetailsIn 2018 Russian Copper Company increased copper cathode output by 6% YoY, to 216 thousand tons. According to the group president Vsevolod Levin, Mikheyevsky Mining and Processing Works was able to increase copper extraction to 92%. Karabashmed increased raw copper output by 12%, to 139 thousand tons. Copper content reached 99.2% with the target of…
DetailsMetalmeistars now has the largest optic-fiber laser cutting machine. The unique machine has been made by Bystronic (Switzerland). The price of the machine is around 1 million euro. Its size is 6.25 x 2.5 meters. “Now we can make larger parts. Even though the new machine is larger, it consumes less electricity than the old…
DetailsIn order to decrease the shadow economy on the scrap market, the income tax of the population has to be decreased from the current 10% to 5% for private entrepreneurs. The Latvian association of waste procurement has voiced this to the Ministry of Finances. At present the higher tax does not allow Latvian companies to…
DetailsThe state enterprise Lvivugol has concluded 7 agreements on the delivery of pit-props made of fir valued at 25.2 million UAH. The company announced 12 purchases, but only 7 agreements were concluded. The Sokal subsidiary of the forestry enterprise Galselles has received two orders valued at 8.7 million UAH. The company will supply almost 5…
DetailsVolnogorsk Mining and Processing Works has concluded an agreement with Energy Trade Group LLC for the delivery of electric energy valued at 189.14 million UAH. In March-June the company has to supply 96.5 million kW-h valued at 1.96 UAH per kW-h. This is 5% cheaper than the December 2018 price from DTEK Trading (2.06 UAH).…
DetailsThe State commission on reserves has positively assessed the report on the reserves of the rare-earth metal raw materials at the Chuktukon deposit. The deposit is situated in the Krasnoyarare earthrsk region. The prospecting work was carried out in 2014-2018. According to the report, the reserves of the deposit are as follows: rare earth trioxides…
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