NLMK will construct another continuous-casting machine to replace the one, operating since 1976. SMS group will supply all the necessary machinery. The capacity of the new CCM will be 2 million tons per year. The new machine will allow NLMK producing billets with the thickness of 400 mm and width of 2800 mm. The CCM…
DetailsThe prices of main precious metals decreased in Azerbaijan on May 21, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The cost of gold decreased by 6.8755 manats, to 2189.753 manats per troy ounce compared to the price on May 18. The cost of silver decreased by 0.0497 manats, to 27.8482 manats per ounce.…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih railroad shop resumed operation after a 3-day strike. According to the union, the management agreed to increase the wages to the railroad employees: to 18 thousand UAH to locomotive drivers, 15 thousand UAH to their assistants and 14 thousand UAH to shunters. At the same time, employees of the mining department railroad…
DetailsRussian aluminum giant UC RUSAL has not received a notification of resignation of Oleg Deripaska, the company said in a press release on May 21. “As at the date of this announcement, the company has not received any formal resignation from Mr. Deripaska,” RUSAL said. On May 18 En+ Group announced resignation of Deripaska from…
DetailsThe London Metal Exchange (LME) plans to lift a ban on trading of some products of Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL that was introduced earlier due to the U.S. sanctions, Bloomberg reported on May 21 citing Hong Kong Economic Journal. LME is currently in talks with the government to study a possibility of trade of…
DetailsLast week, the price of one ounce of gold in Azerbaijan decreased by 52,343 manats or by 2.3336%. Accordingly, the average price of one ounce of gold stood at 2,211.7221 manats. The price of one ounce of silver decreased by 0,499 manats or by 1.7572%, to 27.97428 manats. The price of one ounce of platinum…
DetailsIn 2018 Polymetal Int plans to obtain 16.3 tons of gold equivalent in Magadan region. In Q2 the group intends to resume the seasonal operation of the Birkachan heap leaching site. According to the company CEO Vitaliy Nesis, by 2020 output will have increased due to the commissioning of the new mine at the Teploye…
DetailsBystrinsky Mining and Processing Works has started selling magnetite (iron ore) concentrate. The first batch of 680 tons has been shipped to China. In May some 10 thousand tons of the concentrate will be sold. In April the works started selling copper concentrate. 4.5 thousand tons have been sold to China. BGOK also intends to…
DetailsThe council on the strategic development of the MMK Group has approved the project on the construction of the blast furnace slag dry cooling machine. The cost of the project is 3 billion rubles. It will undergo an expertise soon. The project will be carried out by Shlakservice LLC, a part of MMK. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsThe new shareholders of Evraz Yuzhkoks have changed the company name to Yuzhkoks and reelected the supervisory board. The board chairman Alexander Maryanchuk, as well as the Evraz-DMZ, Evraztrans Ukraine LLC and Evraz Ukraine LLC legal department director Lyudmila Garmash and Evraz-DMZ sales management customs declaration department director Dmitry Skotarenko have been removed from the…
DetailsThe Verkhovna Rada has adopted the decree on increasing scrap export duty to 42 euro per ton for 1 year. 248 members of the parliament voted in favor of the decree with the minimum required number of 226. The decree was registered on April 4. But it suggested prolonging the current scrap duty (with the…
DetailsKarelsky Okatysh has assembled two fine crushers manufactured by Uralmashzavod. After the machines pass all the tests, they will be put into operation. In the past several years Uralmashzavod has supplied a large lot of crushing machinery to Karelsky Okatysh. In particular, the medium crushing line has been completely replaced. Now the fine crushing line…
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