Late on July 31 the newly equipped gas-purifying unit of the sinter factory in Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works went up in flames. This is not the first time when the Termokimik filters went out of operation. Last week 2 more filters stopped operation. The fire was the result of fixing the operation of…
DetailsIn January-June Ferrexpo decreased net profit by 29.6% YoY, to $152 million. According to the group statement, revenue grew by 4.4%, to $617 million. EBITDA dropped by 18.5%, to $234 million. Net debt as of June 30 decreased to $368 million from $394 million as of December 31, 2017. Sales volumes dropped to 4.798 million…
DetailsIn July Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works produced 1044.4 thousand tons of concentrate, down by 0.7% YoY. According to the company statement, sinter output dropped by 63%, to 56.5 thousand tons. In January-July UGOK produced 7104.6 thousand tons of concentrate and 951.1 thousand tons of sinter, all down by 0.4% and by 9% YoY respectively.…
DetailsIn January-June MMK net profit increased by 24.7% YoY, to $671 million. Revenue grew by 16%, to $4.16 billion. EBITDA went up by 33.4%, to $1.21 billion. The group debts as of late June totaled $521 million. “The high financial results allowed the Board of directors to recommend paying $281 million of dividends for Q2”,…
DetailsKAZ Minerals will get controlling stake and the possibility to buy out the project to develop a large Baimskoye copper deposits in Chukotka, Russia, belonging to Roman Abramovich, Alexander Abramov and their partners. The company is buying 75% of the project for $675 million ($436 million in money and the rest in shares) and gets…
DetailsIn January-June Metinvest increased steel output by 4% YoY, to 3.79 million tons. In particular, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works increased output by 8%, to 1.613 million tons and Azovstal – by 1%, to 2.181 million tons. Pig iron manufacture grew by 14%, to 4.292 million tons, with Mariupol Ilyich output up by 23%,…
DetailsThe prices of precious metals in Azerbaijan decreased on August 2, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold decreased by 3.876 manats, to 2071.875 manats per ounce on August 2 compared to the price on August 1. The price of silver fell by 0.0997 manats, to 26.1991 manats per…
DetailsOut of 33 state mines, situated on the Ukraine-controlled territory, only 4 are profitable. On the whole Ukraine has 102 state mines, but most of them are situated on the uncontrolled territory. In January-May state coalmining decreased by 3.6% YoY, while coal cost grew by 30.5%. On July 9 Novovolynskaya mine No. 9 stopped operating…
DetailsIn January-June Hiagda overfulfilled its uranium-mining plan by 5%. At the same time, thanks to the measures to improve manufacturing efficiency the company was able to decrease prime cost of the products by 8%. This year the company intends to construct a high-voltage line and a road to the Kolichikanskoye deposits. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January-June Kimkano-Sutarsky Mining and Processing Works LLC produced 1.059 million tons of iron ore concentrate, up more than 2-fold YoY. In Q2 concentrate output grew by 53%, to 580.9 thousand tons. Sales have also increased 2-fold, to 10.46 million tons. All the iron ore concentrate is exported to China. (Ukrainian metal)
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