In December 2019, Russia exported 436 tons of long rolled copper, up by 43% MoM and by 78% YoY. Price remained unchanged at $5.7 per kg. Deliveries to Belarus grew by 39%, to 160 tons, to Germany – by 170%, to 63 tons, to Kazakhstan – by 45%, to 58 tons, and to Ukraine by…
DetailsIn January, Russia exported 6.1 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 6% MoM, but up by 74% YoY. Price dropped by 4%, to $971 per ton. Deliveries to USA decreased by 21%, to 3.2 thousand tons, and to Ukraine by 12%, to 1.5 thousand tons. At the same time exports to Kazakhstan grew 1.5-fold, to…
DetailsMariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has finished constructing dust-exhaust systems for the blast-furnace manufacture. The cost of the project was over $31 million. The construction began in August 2019. Soon bag filters will be installed at all blast furnaces. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January, Russia’s exports totaled $29.9 billion, down by 7.9% YoY. According to the Federal Tax Service, the share of metal and metal wares was 8.7% (8.6% in January 2019). The share of exports to far foreign countries dropped from 8.1% to 7.5%, but to CIS grew from 13.1% to 18.6%. Exports of aluminum decreased…
DetailsIn 2019, Kazakhmys mined 30.696 million tons of ore, up by 1.6% from the target. Average copper content in processed ore was 0.94%, while the target was 0.90%. The company produced 245.924 thousand tons of refined copper, up by 1046 tons from the target. Gold ingot output totaled 4428 kg and silver – 223,496 kg.…
DetailsEnergomashspetsstal has received a qualification order from General Electric. Under the project to produce a low-pressure turbine rotor for the Akkuya NPP third unit, EMSS will manufacture two qualification billets – a shaft with the weight of 54 tons and a disc of 39 tons. A GE representative visited EMSS in mid-February to check manufacturing…
DetailsIn 2019, Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works repaired 21.28 km of railroads and 70 switches. The company spent 505 million rubles on the work. This year, some 515 million rubles will be spent on the repair of 16 km of railroads and replacement of 91 switches. CherMK also plans to buy 7 new TEM-9 locomotives.…
DetailsIn January-February, seaports increased cargo transportation by 0.7% YoY, to 132.4 million tons. Dry cargo transportation dropped by 2.3%, to 54.9 million tons. Ferrous metals accounted for 4.5 million tons, down by 11.2% YoY. In particular, Port St. Petersburg increased ferrous metals transportation by 27%, to 1022.6 thousand tons, but the port of Taganrog decreased…
DetailsIn 2019, Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works received a net loss of 1.284 billion UAH, as opposed to a net profit of 2.946 billion UAH in 2018. The next shareholders meeting is expected to decide on covering 2019 losses with current income of 2020-2021. The meeting will also have to decide on the sale of…
DetailsIn 2019, Metalloinvest received $1.731 billion of net profit, up by 5.1% YoY. Revenue dropped by 3.2%, to $6.96 billion. EBITDA decreased by 14.3%, to $2.514 billion. Debt increased by 0.2%, to $4.059 billion. Capital expenses grew by 17.2%, to $517 million. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsRussia’s production of unrefined, semi-refined or powdered gold rose by 4.5% YoY and by 3.4% MoM in February, the Federal State Statistics Service said in a report on March 17. In January-February, gold production rose by 6.3% YoY. In 2019, gold production grew by 17%. No absolute figures were disclosed. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January-February, Ukraine did not export any scrap. 397 thousand tons of scrap were procured in the country, up by 12% YoY. And everything was supplied to domestic metal companies. (Ukrainian metal)
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