A new shop to produce metal wares valued at 3.2 billion rubles will be created in the Abinsk district of Krasnoyarsk region. The shop will produce some 200 thousand tons of wire and rebars and will provide 400 jobs. “Output-wise Abinsky Electrometallurgical Works is already among the global leaders, and its products are well known…
DetailsWithin the Industrialization map the South-Kazakhstan region will carry out 20 projects valued at 40 billion tenge. As the result, some 1500 jobs will be created, and the volume of industrial output will reach 920 billion tenge. In particular, according to the region governor Zhanseit Tuymebayev, a metal works will be constructed. Investments will total…
DetailsKAZ Minerals is pondering the acquisition of the Baimskoye copper-gold deposits in Russia from Roman Abramovich. The Baimskoye reserves are estimated at 9.6 million tons of copper with average contents of 0.43% and 16.5 million ounces of gold (0.23 g per ton). Investments in the deposit could reach $1.8 billion. The project envisages the construction…
DetailsIn January KMZ shipped 2 railroad cars (120 tons) of ferromanganese to Mongolia. The shipping of 2 more cars to Darkhan Metallurgia Ltd is planned for February. Following the successful negotiations with Divatsogt, KMZ will supply ferromanganese to Mongolia on constant basis. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsPolymetal International plc has concluded an agreement on increasing its share in the Prognoz silver deposits to 50% by acquiring 45% for $72 million to be paid in Polymetal shares. Prognoz is the largest undeveloped deposit of primary silver in Eurasia. Its resources are estimated at 292 million ounces of silver with the content of…
DetailsEvraz and the Russia Railways have concluded a new long-term agreement on the delivery of rails. The document will be valid for 5 years. According to the agreement, Evraz will supply 3.2 million tons of products valued at 111.7 billion rubles to RZhD. The contract stipulates the gradual increase of 100-meter rails deliveries to 360…
DetailsUkrvtorchermet has applied for debt restructuring procedure. The volume of the debt is not disclosed. Ukrvtorchermet procures and processes ferrous metals scrap and waste. Metalinvest Ltd LLC owns 98.0344% of the company. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January Dneprospetsstal produced 20591 tons of steel, down by 10.7% MoM. Rolled metal output dropped by 4.6%, to 13818 tons. The total cost of products manufactured in January was 780572 thousand UAH, down by 3.2% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January Russia produced 4.5 million tons of pig iron, down by 0.9% MoM, but up by 2.2% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, rolled metal output increased by 3.5% YoY, but dropped by 5.8% MoM, to 5.1 million tons. Pipe manufacture reached 0.954 million tons, up by 14.9% YoY, but down…
DetailsIn January Zabaykalye region decreased lead output by 4% and zinc – by 3% YoY, while tungsten concentrate output dropped by 37%. As of February 1, the region yielded 87.8 tons of tungsten concentrate. Only Novoorlovsky GOK is mining for the concentrate at present. Lead and zinc output reached 4400 and 2580 tons respectively. Last…
DetailsStepps East LLC plans to carry out prospecting works at the Mutnovskoye gold, silver and polymetal deposits in order to construct a mining and processing works there. The deposits are situated 60 km south of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski. It is believed, that apart from gold and silver, the field contains considerable reserves of lead,…
DetailsAtomredmetzoloto intends to start mining for gold at the Severnoye deposits in Yakutia. The Severnoye uranium deposits are a part of the Elkon uranium ore district. The designing of the uranium works was put on hold in 2011 after world prices fell drastically following the Fukushima accident. In 2019-2020 the company will carry out prospecting…
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