In 2016 Russia received 940 thousand tons of anthracite and 95 thousand tons of other coal from occupied territories of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. These are only the volumes that have been officially included in the Russian Railroads statistics. In 2015 Russia illegally took some 1.3 million tons of anthracite from the occupied territories. Donbass…
DetailsIn January-April the Nizhniy Novgorod subsidiary of the First Cargo Company (PGK) transported 162 thousand tons of ferrous scrap via the Gorkovskaya railroad, up by 9% YoY. “The positive dynamics is connected with the increase in transportation of NLMK and Severstal products, the railroad discount on local scrap deliveries, as well as the development of…
DetailsIn January-April gold-extracting factory of Yubileyniy Mining and Processing Works, a part of Amur Zoloto, processed 28592 tons of ore and produced 364.2 kg of gold and 278.6 kg of silver. Perevalniy GOK mined 28513 tons of ore, transporting 27929 tons to Yubileiniy GOK. The construction of a processing factory is underway. All in all…
DetailsIn April UGK Group purchases Schelkovsky Secondary Precious Metals Works, a major Russian precious metals processing works. The works is engaged in refining of Dore alloy and processing precious metals-containing secondary raw materials. The works has the London Good Delivery certificate. At present the machinery and equipment are being modernized. After that the works will…
DetailsAs of May 6, all the 10 dredgers of the Solovievsky mine have started operating. The largest alluvial gold site in Amur region is in Tyndinsk and Skovorodinsk districts. In January-April the enterprise yielded 392 kg of alluvial and ore gold. The first dredger started operating on March 28. Taking into account weather conditions, so…
DetailsRails produced by Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has demonstrated high strength during the tests at the Russian scientific and research institute of railroad transport. ChMK products have withstood the loading of 750 million ton-km. The rails have been tested since 2014. ChMK started producing new rails in 2013 having put a rail-beam mill into…
DetailsIn January-April Ukraine produced 3.326 million tons of 6% moisture metallurgical coke, down by 25.2% YoY. According to Ukrkoks, in April 744 thousand tons of coke were produced, and 773 thousand tons in March. Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works started increasing output thanks to batteries No. 7 and 9 put into operation. So in May…
DetailsBelarus’ investment climate is comfortable for business, director of the Belarusian-Danish company BuySteel Yuri Firko said as he attended the Gomel Economic Forum. An investment agreement to set up a manufacturing facility in Mozyr District with the participation of the Belarusian-Danish BuySteel was signed during the plenary session of the forum on May 19. The…
DetailsRussian gold producer GV Gold aims to be ready to hold an initial public offering (IPO) by spring 2018 but would not necessarily go ahead with a listing at that time, CEO German Pikhoya declared. GV Gold, a privately held firm whose shareholders include U.S. fund BlackRock, has repeatedly delayed plans for the IPO that…
DetailsNational Atomic Company of Kazatomprom has held a coordination meeting in Shymkent attended by the heads and specialists of subsidiaries’ IT departments. The meeting was mainly dedicated to the targets of rapid technology modernization including implementation of digital technologies and robot automation at uranium production, the company press-service reports. CEO of Kazatomprom Askar Zhumagaliyev said…
DetailsMetinvest mining and metal group has paid $5.202 million of interest on new $1.197 billion notes due on December 31, 2021, the group has reported on the website of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE). In addition, Metinvest capitalized $12.253 million of interest over the period, as the group did not have extra free funds exceeding…
DetailsUkraine has received a confirmation of the arrival of the working group from USA on May 23. At present Ukraine is reviewing three sources of coal. “There are three sources, from where we intend to buy coal. The first is Richards Bay in South Africa. DTEK and Tekhnova are the main importers. Then its Kazakhstan,…
DetailsIn March Russia exported 1.28 million tons of non-alloyed steel semi-finished products, up by 0.9% MoM, but down by 10.3% YoY. According to the customs statistics, in January-March exports totaled 3.72 million tons, up by 1.9% YoY, but down by 2.3% from 2015. Earnings increased by 72%, to $1460 million. This is the highest result…
DetailsIn January-March Russia exported 781 thousand tons of raw aluminum valued at $1317 million. The results are up by 3.8% and by 36.7% YoY respectively, though somewhat lower than the 2015 level. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January-March Uranium One increased its earnings 5-fold YoY, to $67.9 million. The corrected net profits totaled $21.1 million, up 7.5-fold YoY. Uranium output dropped to 1110 tons. Uranium One is the fourth largest uranium producer in the world. Last year it yielded 4919 tons of uranium. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsUralmashzavod has concluded a contract for the delivery of an EKG-20 excavator to Mechel. The No. 18 machine will be operating at Neryungrinsky open-pit of Yakutugol, a part of Mechel. The excavator will be supplied in late 2017. Last year the company received 2 similar excavators. One has already been successfully put into operation. (Ukrainian…
DetailsRusal has announced the completion of Boksitogorsk Alumina Works modernization. Within the project, lasting from October 2015 till May 2017 the works received grinding and processing equipment to increase the corundum output to 79 thousand tons. In particular, the company increased refractory capacities by 6 thousand tons, and abrasive – by 4 thousand tons per…
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