The Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has not taken any decision yet on the shut down of the Novovolynskaya mine No. 9. According to the deputy minister Anatoly Korzun, the mine is intended to yield 90 thousand tons of coal next year and commission two new long faces. “We see no need to shut…
DetailsSvyatogor has started using the overpass No. 6 to unload loose cargo. “This overpass is very important for the stable provision of the processing manufacture with raw materials and the production of raw copper. The reconstructed overpass replaced an old one, which had been in the operation since 1947”, the company said. The construction of…
DetailsSeverstal Steel Ropes has registered two new trademarks – Alerion and Talpa. They will be used for elevator steel ropes and steel ropes for mining industry. The Alerion mark has been given to the elevator steel ropes, while the Talpa mark to mining, excavator and drilling rig ropes. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn October direct deliveries of ferrous metals to railroad machine-builders totaled 119 thousand tons. According to the railroad statistics, this is up by 3.9% YoY. In 10 months deliveries grew by 21.4% YoY, to 1.25 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn October direct railroad deliveries of metal to the major shipbuilding and ship-repair enterprises totaled 8.1 thousand tons. According to the railroad statistics, this is down by 35% YoY. In 10 months deliveries reached 93.6 thousand tons, down by 23.2% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsPrices of precious metals decreased in Azerbaijan on November 13, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold dropped by 8.3725 manats, to 2,047.531 manats per ounce on November 13 compared to the price on November 12. The price of silver fell by 0.1734 manats, to 23.9471 manats per ounce.…
DetailsThe Russian government’s commission has approved a bill that reduces the rate of mineral extraction tax (MET) for production of rare and rare earth metals to 4.8% from 8%, the government said in a statement. “The bill suggests reduction of the MET rate to 4.8% from 8% applicable to production of ores of rare metals…
DetailsIn January-October Ukraine imported 17.425 million tons of coal valued at $2.461 billion. According to the State Fiscal Service, the share of coal in total imports was 5.3%. The largest coal suppliers were Russia ($1.525 billion, or 62% of the whole imports), USA ($739.278 million, or 30%) and Canada ($126.946 million, or 5.2%). Other countries…
DetailsThe Vorkutinskaya mine of Vorkutaugol has started mining coal at the new breakage face of the Troynoy layer. The reserves of the long face No. 612 are some half a million tons of coking coal. It is intended to mine 90 thousand tons of coal per month there. The length of the face is 195…
DetailsIn Q3 Kinross Gold produced 586.2 thousand ounces of gold equivalent, down by 10.5% YoY. In 9 months the output decreased by 8.8% YoY, to 1.842 million ounces. The Kupol deposits in Chukotka yielded 366.4 thousand ounces, down by 15.8% YoY due to the extraction of ore with lesser gold content. The company has also…
DetailsPolymetal International plc has sold its 100% share in the platinum project Svetlobor to a group of Russian independent buyers for $5.5 million. “The project does not meet our strategy. Still, we retain a considerable project in the platinum sphere – Viksha, a large deposit, which will in future be developed”, the group chief managing…
DetailsThe Vostoc-1 miners team has won the right to develop two sites with alluvial gold in Khabarovsk region. The enterprise, extracting gold in Amur region, has participated in two auctions. The final payment for the alluvial deposits in the Satma Brook valley was 407 thousand rubles with the initial price of 370 thousand rubles. The…
DetailsEnergomashspetsstal has shipped a batch of back-up rolls weighing 110 tons to ArcelorMittal Temirtau. The corresponding agreement was signed in February 2017. The batch included 4 bulk rolls for the cold- and hot-rolling mills. In January EMSS won the tender to produce 1457 tons of rolls for AMT. The contract signed presupposes the delivery of…
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