Ireland has considered several scenarios of intervention in operations of a local plant of Russian aluminum maker RUSAL Aughinish Alumina after the U.S. sanctions. Yet all of them have been rejected, Reuters reported, citing a source with knowledge of the situation. On April 6 the U.S. imposed sanctions against 38 Russian tycoons, officials and companies…
DetailsRussia’s RUSAL will overhaul its board and management in the hope the U.S. will remove the aluminum firm from a sanctions list so it can restart shipments to its customers around the world, Reuters reported citing two sources. The sources, familiar with the developments but who asked not to be named because they were not…
DetailsIn 2017 Zaporizhstal increased net profit 2.5-fold YoY, to 5.118 billion UAH, having increased its net income by 5.2%, to 33.208 billion UAH. According to the company statement, the prime cost of metal sold totaled 23.724 billion UAH. Last year Zaporizhstal produced 3926.4 thousand tons of steel, up by 0.9% YoY. The company also produced…
DetailsIt is planned to produce 20 tons of mercury, 104 tons of antimony and 3,450 tons of fluorite (fluorspar concentrate) this year at Khaidarkan mercury plant, the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Mining and Metallurgical Trade Union Eldar Tadzhibaev declared. According to him, in the first quarter of the year the enterprise received…
DetailsUkrainian steelmakers boosted steel output by 4.7% YoY in March, to 1.7 million tons, having slid from the 12th to the 14th place in the international steelmakers rating drawn up by the World Steel Association (WSA). In January-March Ukraine reduced steel production by 2.8% YoY. China continued to top the rating in March with 73.9…
DetailsIn February Metinvest increased the adjusted EBITDA by 29.8% YoY, to $196 million, but dropped by 14% MoM. According to the company statement, its revenue grew by 54.5% YoY, but decreased by 9.4% MoM, to $914 million. In February Metinvest increased metal sales by 47.6% YoY, but decreased by 18.2% MoM, to 1.287 million tons.…
DetailsIn January-March Ukraine produced 4.59 million tons of metal, down by 2% YoY, taking into account operation of metal enterprises in January-February 2017 on the occupied territories. Without them metal output increased by 8% YoY. Exports totaled 3.23 million tons, or 83.3% of the overall output, down from 85% in Q1 2017, or 3.97 million…
DetailsIn January-March Mechel decreased its net losses 1.7-fold YoY, to 5.1 billion rubles. According to the company statement, its revenue grew 2.2-fold, to 2 billion rubles. Gross profit increased 2.1-fold, to 2 billion rubles. Sales profit totaled 1.6 billion rubles, up 2.8-fold. The company fixed liabilities increased by 2.6%, to 239.7 billion rubles, while current…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih intends to spend the 2017 profit on the manufacture development. The decision was taken at the recent annual shareholders meeting. A new supervisory board and revision committee have also been elected. Last year AMKR received 66.19 billion UAH of net income, with net profit at 5.06 billion UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsChina National Petroleum Corporation is building a mini-pipe works with the capacity of 100 thousand tons per year. The works will occupy a territory of 18.3 ha in the industrial zone of Almaty. Investments in the project will total $100 million, with a half to be provided by the Chinese investor. In the long-term it…
DetailsInformation from anonymous sources of agencies Reuters and Bloomberg about Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL is questionable, the company said on its Facebook page on April 27. “In connection with publication of reports about RUSAL by agencies Reuters and Bloomberg based on information received from anonymous sources of questionable quality, RUSAL’s press office states the…
DetailsAzerGold closed joint stock company intends to work out a strategic roadmap for integrated development of the mining industry in Azerbaijan, Zakir Ibrahimov, chairman of board of AzerGold CJSC, said. “We intend to work out a strategic roadmap that will reflect a number of key tasks to develop the mining industry in Azerbaijan, as well…
DetailsOleg Deripaska plans to keep control over RUSAL even as the Russian aluminum giant battles for survival in the face of harsh U.S. sanctions, Bloomberg reported on April 26, citing people familiar with the matter. Deripaska was counting on lobbying by European governments to help ease the U.S. sanctions, said the people, who asked not…
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