Russia: coal exports up in Q1 2018
Export of Russian coal in January-March increased by 6.8% YoY, to 44.42 million tons, the Ministry of Energy said. In March coal exports from Russia totaled 15.638 million tons. (PortNews/Ukrainian metal)
DetailsRussia: KUMZ commissions second stage of rolling complex
Kamensk-Uralsky Iron and Steel Works is commissioning the second stage of the rolling complex. The commissioning is carried out according to the schedule. The project will provide the manufacture of qualitatively new semi-finished products and increase the share of Russian wares of aluminum-lithium alloys in the total volume of supplies both to major local and…
DetailsUkraine: 3 metal processing companies in Zaporozhye fail checks
The working group of the Zaporozhye region state administration has carried out checks of the local companies dealing with metal processing, as well as their collection centers and manufacturing sites. 13 enterprises were checked. Of them only one – Razvitiye-SV – corresponded to all the legislation norms. The Khormet company will be checked again. At…
DetailsRussia: mining and metal railroad transportation mostly up in Q1 2018
In March railroad cargo transportation increased by 3.1% YoY, to 112.4 million tons. In Q1 transportation grew by 3.5%, to 315.7 million tons. In particular, in three months railroads carried 94.3 million tons of coal, up by 3.6% YoY, 27.2 million tons of iron and manganese ore (+2.5%), 19.8 million tons of ferrous metals (+10.8%),…
DetailsRussia: Neryungry-Metallik to spend 2 billion rubles on development
In 2018 Neryungry-Metallik LLC will invest some 2 billion rubles in development and machinery modernization, up by 22% YoY. In particular, 990 million rubles will be spent to support and develop manufacture, including 570 million on capital repairs. Prospecting will receive 130 million rubles. Last year the company operated at three deposits: Gross, Tabornoye and…
DetailsRussia: coal handling by Far Eastern Railroad up in Q1 2018
In March the Far Eastern Railroad transported 4.2 million tons of cargo, up by 2.6% YoY. Handling in Q1 totaled 12 million tons, up by 4.3% YoY. In particular, the enterprise transported 4.9 million tons of coal, 130 thousand tons of ferrous metals and 27 thousand tons of ferrous metals scrap, up by 5.6%, by…
DetailsRussia: KMEZ finishing modernization of copper electrolysis shop
Kyshtym Electrolytic Copper Plant will in April receive a modern system of two universal and two buffer conveyers to transport anodes to the copper electrolysis shop. The new machinery will unite all the current and additional rows of electrolysis baths into one chain. Thus, the project of the shop modernization will be complete. The project…
DetailsUkraine: Luganskugol among largest wage debtors in Kiev
The department of the Main territorial service of justice in Kiev has published a list of the largest salary debts among companies in the capital. In particular, the state enterprise Luganskugol, which has been reregistered in Kiev, owes its employees 2.5 million UAH. This is the only metal or mining company in the list. Among…
DetailsUkraine: VAT reimbursement to metal companies in March 2018
Metal companies received the most VAT reimbursement in March. According to the State Treasury, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih received 1.303 billion UAH, while there was no reimbursement to the works in February. It is followed by Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works – 675 million UAH (471.5 million UAH in February) and Zaporizhstal (419.5 million and…
DetailsUkraine: coal production up in March 2018
In March Ukrainian coal production reached 2.996 million tons of coal, which is 107% of the planned targets, the Trade Union of Coal Mining Industry of Ukraine informed with a reference to the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry. In particular, the production of coalmines managed by the Energy Ministry made up 389,419 tons, which amounted…
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