According to the National Statistics Office, in January-February the trade volume with Turkey, the country’s main trade partner, reached $198.39 million, including $35.04 million of exports (up by 17.3% YoY) and $163.35 million of imports (down by 3.5%). Non-alloyed steel and pig iron semi-finished products exports occupied the third position in the total Georgian exports…
DetailsIn March Kimkano-Sutarsky GOK produced 120 thousand tons of iron ore concentrate. By summer output is expected to increase to 250 thousand tons. At present the company employs 1.2 thousand people. Before it reaches target capacity it will need some 300 specialists more. This year the company plans to pay 300 million rubles of taxes…
DetailsIn 2016 VSMPO-Avisma received 26.633 billion rubles of net profits, up 1.9-fold YoY. In 2015 the corporation profits totaled 14.4 billion rubles against 4 billion rubles in 2014. VSMPO-Avisma revenues in 2016 increased by 5%, to 76.2 billion rubles. Sales profits increased by 3%, to 30.3 billion rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsThe European Commission has decided not to impose temporary duties on hot-rolled metal from Ukraine, Brazil, Iran, Serbia and Russia, as it is still investigating whether the countries violated the rules of fair competitiveness. Thus the preliminary antidumping duties are not imposed from April 7. But the commission will have to decide by October 7,…
DetailsThe state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that scrap deliveries to Ukrainian companies will increase in March by 23.5% MoM, or by 39 thousand tons, to 205 thousand tons. The increase in deliveries has to do with the high price of 6150 UAH per ton, as well as the expectations of the scrap procurers and traders that…
DetailsThe Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) has claimed resistance of head of Zaporozhye Titanium and Magnesium Works LLC and its investor to returning the company to state ownership. SAPO said on its Facebook page that despite the attempts to hinder the return of the company to management of the state, this process is taking shape:…
DetailsDneprovsky Iron and Steel Works has shut down its last blast furnace. “Because of the blockade the works shut down its last blast furnace. DMK used to get coke from Alchevsk Coke and Chemical Plant. Now the deliveries are impossible”, the people’s deputy from the opposition Alexander Vilkul wrote on his Facebook page. He also…
DetailsIn 2016 Buryatzoloto, a part of Nordgold, decreased all its financial indexes. In particular, net profits dropped 6.9-fold YoY, to 651.32 million rubles. EBITDA also decreased 6.9-fold, to 818.761 million rubles, sales profits totaled 2.614 billion rubles, down by 22% YoY. The company revenues dropped by 10.3%, to 8.044 billion rubles. In 2016 at its…
DetailsIn 2016 Raspadskaya decreased coking coal supplies to Evraz Ukraine enterprises 3.6-fold, to 56 thousand tons. Evraz Ukraine share in Raspadskaya coal supplies decreased by 1% from 3% in 2015. Last year Raspadskaya sold 6.439 million tons of coal, with 3.627 million tons being exported. Most of the coal exported (except for Ukraine) was sold…
DetailsIn 2016 the net profits of Uralelectromed decreased by 23.6% YoY, to 2.17 billion rubles. Revenue, on the other hand, went up to 28.9 billion rubles from 26 billion rubles in 2015, while sales jumped from 18.3 billion rubles to 22.97 billion rubles. The company says revenue growth was the result of output and sales…
DetailsIn 2016 Sredneuralsky Copper-Smelting Works, a part of UMMC, increased its net profits 10-fold YoY. According to the company statement, it received 2.912 billion rubles of profits, as opposed to 300 million rubles in 2015. In 2014 the company reached the highest volume of net losses – 5.2 billion rubles. Revenues in 2016 increased by…
DetailsGaysky Mining and Processing Works, a part of UMMC, is assembling a ball mill with the volume of 18 cubic meters at its processing factory. It is expected to be put into operation in mid-Q2. “When the new mill is put into operation, we will be able to use a more powerful mill with the…
DetailsChelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works, a part of Mechel, has produced over 200 tons of rebars for the construction of a wind park in Ulyanovsk region. The first Russian wind park, a wind power plant of several generators united in a network, near the village of Krasny Yar will consist of 14 generators with the…
DetailsIn January-February, Poltava Mining and Processing Works, a part of Ferrexpo, exported 1.71 million tons of iron ore pellets. Karelsky Okatysh exported 944 thousand tons of pellets, Lebedinsky GOK – 728 thousand tons, Mikhailovsky GOK (all three – Russia) – 466 thousand tons. Central Mining and Processing Works exported 305.1 thousand tons of iron ore…
DetailsZaporizhstal has completed large-scale assembly of metal structures at the blast furnace No. 3 being reconstructed. According to the company statement, over 7 thousand tons of metal structures have been assembled. “We are moving to the construction of the new blast furnace No. 3 with confidence. A couple of days ago we have reached the…
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