Russian metals and mining group Mechel will export up to 300,000 tons of coal per year to Japan’s Itochu Corporation under a long-term contract, the company said in a statement on November 2. “We have been shipping coal to Itochu Corporation only under spot contracts for the past two years, and the signing of a…
DetailsThe Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine has returned to the U.S.-based Avellana Gold international mining company the previously withdrawn special permit for the development of Muzhievo polymetallic ore deposit in Zakarpattia, the west of Ukraine, as well as confidential geological information about the field, according to the company’s press service. “The General Prosecutor Office has…
DetailsRussian gold producer GV Gold has bought back 5.26% of its shares from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) early, the company said on November 2. GV Gold’s unit Sakha Gold Mining acted as the buyer. The final payment amounted to $39 million, while the total payment stood at $62 million. Under the…
DetailsIn 2017 a record commissioning of new long faces is expected at the state mining companies. “This year a record number of new long faces will be put into operation at the state mines – 38. 19 long faces have already been commissioned, 19 more will be commissioned in these two months. For comparison, in…
DetailsThe need in the machine resulted from the switch of the company in March from underground mining to open-pit mining at the Jebariki-Khay. The machine will crush large fraction coal appearing after explosion works. The volume of pieces could be 1.5-2 cubic meters. Jebariki-Khay supplies coal to housing and municipal companies of the northern and…
DetailsIn just three months after Amurmetal resumed operation (the works has been idle for half a year) it has already produces 72.5 thousand tons of continuous-cast billets. Now the main task is to reach the scheduled capacity of 800 thousand tons of liquid steel per year. Later it would be possible to increase output to…
DetailsAt the meeting of the Shakhty City Council the Department of economy director Vladimir Gorshkov said, that soon the Rostovsky Electrometallurgical Works would be operating at full capacity. The industrial indexes of REMZ dropped to 87%. The city is taking measures to resume normal operation at the major works. A commission has been created to…
DetailsEnergomashspetsstal has shipped rolls to 4 ArcelorMittal companies. According to the agreements signed, EMSS supplied 228 tons of products. In particular, for ArcelorMittal Temirtau EMSS produced 2 supporting rolls with the total weight of 62 tons. 3 more supporting rolls (95.1 tons) have been manufactured and sent to Germany to ArcelorMittal Bremen. ArcelorMittal Sagunto SL…
DetailsDTEK Mine Group named after Space Heroes is preparing to overcome the largest geological break in continuity in Western Donbass – the Bogdanovskoye Fracture, which will open access to a large coal deposit. The Bogdanovskoye Fracture divides excavations of the Space Heroes and Blagodatnaya mines. The total length of the fracture is 35 km. (Ukrainian…
DetailsUralelectromed has purchased the fifth Ferrit diesel locomotive (the Czech Republic) valued at 14 million rubles. The machine will be used to transport cargo between the main industrial shops. “Four similar machines have been in use at our enterprise for the past two years and have proven their efficiency. With the delivery of the fifth…
DetailsTMK has started manufacturing insulated tubings of the 89-48 mm size with triangular section thread connection according to GOST 633. The first batch of 5.2 thousand meters of tubings produced by Sinarsky Pipe Works has been shipped to Udmurtneft. The tubings were made to order. “We continue increasing the range of insulated tubing sizes. This…
DetailsIn January-October the Pavlik Company obtained 5 tons of gold at the Pavlik gold-bearing deposits. Until the end of the year the company intends to obtain 1.1-1.15 tons of gold more. Thus, the total result for 2017 will be 6.1 tons of the precious metal. Last year Pavlik obtained 3.95 tons. The gold-extracting factory at…
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