S&P Global Ratings has assigned its “B-” long-term corporate credit rating to Metinvest B.V., the holding company of a group of mostly Ukraine-based vertically integrated steel and mining assets, the outlook is stable, reads a report on the rating agency’s website. “Metinvest, with operations in Ukraine and abroad, is a midsize producer with steel capacity…
DetailsAzerGold is looking for a company to provide transportation and precious metals ingots delivery services. The company will be chosen at the open tender. The cost of participation is 250 manats. All the offers are accepted through February 26. The tender will be held on February 27. AzerGold was created by the decree of the…
DetailsIn 2017 Magadan region obtained almost 33 tons of gold, up by 5 tons YoY. Pavlik developing the deposits of the same name mined 6.5 tons of gold. Susumanzoloto is still the best alluvial gold extractor – 4 tons. This year the region intends to increase output. In particular, the new mine named after Matrosov…
DetailsMikhailovsky Mining and Processing Works has put two new locomotive units in operation. The new machinery has been purchased under the investment program of Metalloinvest to improve efficiency of manufacture. The locomotive units have increased power, which enables to use 11 dump cars in one train instead of 10. The machinery will transport ore from…
DetailsRusal and Energoprom have signed a 5-year contract for the delivery of cathode blocks at the volume of 21.5 thousand tons per year. According to the agreement, in 2018-2022 Energoprom will cover up to 70% of Rusal aluminum works needs in carbon-graphite raw materials. The products will be supplied from Novosibirsk Electrode Works. “This is…
DetailsSeverstal has concluded a contract for the delivery of equipment for vertical and horizontal stands and the modernization of the laminar machine of the 2000 hot-rolling mill at the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. Investments in modernization total 2 billion rubles. The machinery will be supplied by Primetals Technologies (Austria). The project is to be…
DetailsExport of Russian coal in 2017 increased by 4% YoY, to 185.136 million tons, the Ministry of Energy said. The commodity exports volume in December 2017 reached 15.082 million tons. Coal mining in December 2017 amounted to 36.097 million tons, of which 32.821 million tons were delivered. (PortNews/Ukrainian metal)
DetailsInsolvency administrator to the bankrupt KVV Liepājas metalurgs Guntars Koris has decided to sell property owned by the company at an auction, as confirmed by the administrator’s representative Dzintars Hmieļevskis. This decision was made because none of the contenders to purchase KVV Liepājas metalurgs had complied with conditions put up by creditors and had not…
DetailsThe joint Tajik-Chinese precious metals manufacturer Zeravshan is undergoing a reconstruction. “At present we are renewing the production line, thus mining has been suspended”, the company reported. Zeravshan is the largest precious metals miner in Tajikistan with the share of 70%. It was founded in 1994 on the basis of the gold-extracting factory, which began…
DetailsIn 2017 the Russkiy Ugol Company mined 14.1 million tons of power-generating coal, up by 4% YoY. Krasnoyarsk region pits provided 6.5 million tons of coal, Republic of Khakasia – 4.2 million tons, and Amur region – 3.4 million tons. Pereyaslavsky pit in Krasnoyarsk region increased output by 8% YoY, to 5.6 million tons, while…
DetailsIn 2017 Russian Railroads purchased 1 million 56.3 thousand tons of rails. In particular, Evraz sold 719.8 thousand tons and Mechel – 329 thousand tons. Some 7.5 thousand tons were purchased from Aktyubinsk Rail and Beam Works (Kazakhstan). RZhD uses rails both for new construction and for repair. In 2016 RZhD purchased 947.7 thousand tons…
DetailsBeloretsk Iron and Steel Works and the government of the Bashkortostan Republic have concluded an investment agreement on tax preferences for the development of the investment project on the manufacture of multi-thread steel ropes at BMK. The preferences will be provided from 2019 till 2021. And the volume of funds freed from taxes is over…
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