A cargo of 3 thousand tons of metal was arrested in the port of Mariupol, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko reported on Facebook. The arrest of the Alchevsk iron and Steel Works products transported to Belgium under the Liberia flag he called “our reply to the so-called sanctions”. The city of Alchevsk is…
DetailsThe transportation at the Russian Railways in January-October was 1.07 billion tons, up by 2.7% YoY. In particular, the RZhD transported 310.6 million tons of coal, up by 5.5% YoY, 96.3 million tons of iron and manganese ore, up by 5.5%, 65 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 8.8%, and 13.3 million tons of…
Details“As soon as we receive official notification about denial of permission to pledge a license, we will make an administrative complaint to the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use of Kyrgyzstan, stating our position on this issue,” said Director of Alliance Altyn LLC Mikhail Shubin. According to him, a collateral is needed all…
DetailsThe Russian central bank bought about 92 tons of gold in July-September, a quarterly record for the country, which is now selling dollar-denominated assets actively, the World Gold Council said in a report on November 2. Russia’s gold reserves exceeded 2,000 tons for the first time ever and now account for 17% of the global…
DetailsSeverstal has produced 300 tons of galvanized rolled metal with polyurethane coating under the brand of Steel Cashmere, which will be used in the construction of the Cuban infrastructure. In particular, the light-grey metal will be used in the construction of a locomotive depot of the Ministry of Transport. “High exploitation features of the Steel…
DetailsIn July-September Petropavlovsk Plc, extracting gold at four mines in Amur region, obtained 102 thousand ounces, on par with the corresponding period of 2017. Pioner provided 30.2 thousand ounces of gold, Pokrovsky – 0.7 thousand ounces, Malomyr – 32.6 thousand ounces and Albyn – 38.5 thousand ounces. In January-September gold output dropped by 10% YoY,…
DetailsIn January-September KAZ Minerals produced 216.8 thousand tons of copper, up by 12% YoY. In Q3 copper output grew by 7%, to 77.2 thousand tons, mostly thanks to the increase in the volume of ore processing. In 9 months zinc concentrate manufacture dropped to 38.3 thousand tons from 45.8 thousand tons. Gold output totaled 135…
DetailsNoginsk Pipe-Sections Works has started manufacturing round electric welded pipes. So far the company can produce pipes with the diameter of 57 mm and 20 mm. By the end of the year the company intends to have mastered the manufacture of pipes with the diameter of 15, 25, 32, 40 and 50 mm. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsThe British-Swiss company Ferrexpo, which controls Poltava and Yeristovo Mining and Processing Works, at present does not see any threat to its operation from being entered into the Russian sanctions list. This has been officially stated by Ingrid McMahon, the group Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications. On November 1 the Russian government adopted…
DetailsThe net debt of KAZ Minerals as of September 30 decreased to $1.986 billion from $2.052 billion as of June 30. In Q3 the company also paid interest on the loans in the amount of $99 million. Royalty payments totaled $49 million. The gross debt of the group is $3.502 billion. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsAs of today, one seat in the Board of Directors of Canadian company Centerra Gold Inc. is vacant, press service of Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC reported. According to it, changes were made in the company’s board. Powers of a board member, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC for Economy, Finance and Investments Bektur Sagynov were…
DetailsIn August Metinvest decreased its EBITDA by 12.45% YoY, to $204 million. The revenue dropped by 17.65%, to $891 million. The group sold 349 thousand tons of semi-finished products at $164 million: 198 thousand tons of pig iron ($83 million), 108 thousand tons of slabs ($58 million) and 43 thousand tons of square billets ($23…
DetailsThe supervisory board of Dneprospetsstal has once again extended the powers of the acting chairman Vitaliy Korniyevsky for 3 months. The decision was taken at the board meeting on October 31. On April 23, 2009 the supervisory board relieved Daniel Valk of the duties of the chairman, having appointed Vitaliy Korniyevsky instead. Since then his…
DetailsThe Moscow Stock Exchange has started trading in futures contracts for non-ferrous metals (aluminum, nickel, zinc and copper). The size of the aluminum and zinc lots is 1 tons, and of nickel and copper – 0.1 tons. Three series of futures have been allowed for trading – with maturity in December 2018, as well as…
DetailsBeloretsk Iron and Steel Works has been awarded the title of a reliable supplier by one of the largest bearing works of Russia – Vologda Bearing Plant. The companies have been cooperating since 2004. BMK is supplying bearing wire with the diameter of 0.8 to 1.5 mm to VBP. The wire is used to produce…
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