In January-April Ukrainian thermal and central heating power plants received 550.5 thousand tons of imported coal, including 137.2 thousand tons in April. All the April coal was supplied from Russia. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, Ukrainian power plants received 72.9 thousand tons of coal from the South African Republic, 358.8 thousand…
DetailsIn January-April ArcelorMittal Temirtau produced 1.296 million tons of steel, up by 8.2% YoY and by 1.8% from the best result of the past 10 years, achieved in 2007. In January-April the works produced 1.222 million tons of pig iron, up by 8.4% YoY and by 2% from 2007. Pig iron manufacturing target was 105.3%…
DetailsIn January-March Metalloinvest produced 10.07 million tons of iron ore, up by 0.4% YoY. Pellets output increased by 0.2%, to 5.98 million tons, hot-briquetted iron production dropped by 0.6% YoY, to 1.47 million tons. Pig iron manufacture decreased by 14.6% YoY, to 0.64 million tons, steel – went up by 12.6%, to 1.23 million tons.…
DetailsFor the last year the Mariupol metal companies underreceived 6 million tons of raw materials. “That’s some 1 million tons of underproduced pig iron and 1 million tons of pig iron, produced with uncompetitive cost price due to time consuming supplies”, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works CEO Yuri Zinchenko wrote on his Facebook page.…
DetailsAfter three months of forced idleness Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Plant has put the second manufacturing wing into operation. 4 structural divisions of the enterprise renewed operation. This provided full-time labor for all the employees (around 4 thousand people). In late January because of the constant problems with electricity due to military activity the works…
DetailsThe reduction of uranium mining in Kazakhstan facilitated price increase for the metal, the country’s Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said at a government hour in Majilis. “Today, there is an increase in supply on the world uranium market. This trend arose after the Fukushima incident in 2011 and it continues. Last year, the price of…
DetailsPrime Minister of Kazakhstan was briefed on the process automation system at EvrazKaspianStal, which allowed increased production volume and ensured high quality. The metallurgical plant is an innovative project implemented jointly with Russian partners. Company’s technical equipment and level automation meet the requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution “Industrialization 4.0” concept. The plant processes and…
DetailsIn the first three months of 2017, Kumtor Gold Company produced 127,400 ounces or 3962.59 kg of gold and contributed more than 2.2 billion soms in taxes and mandatory payments. Gold production for the first quarter of 2017 was 127,400 ounces compared to 86,444 ounces of gold in the comparative period of 2016. The increase…
DetailsThe Opposition block deputy Natalia Korolevskaya has put on sale the Lviv Coal Company, owner of the Chervonograd Central Processing Factory. All the key market players received offers: DTEK, Donbasenergo and the unofficial curator of the state coal industry Vitaly Kropachev, who owns three processing factories. In March the privatization of the Chervonograd Factory was…
DetailsVolynugol ordered Zakhystprom Trade LLC the delivery of filtering equipment valued at 3.23 million UAH. By the end of the year the company will have supplied 340 self-rescuers at 9500 UAH apiece. In April Lisichanskugol bought similar self-rescuers from another supplier at 8326 UAH apiece, or 12% cheaper. In Russia, according to Lvivugol, such self-rescuers…
DetailsIn January-April Electrostal produced 128.138 thousand tons of continuous cast billets, up by 57.3% YoY. According to the company statement, it exported 121.3 thousand tons of billets and sold the rest on the local market. In April Electrostal produced 33.309 thousand tons of billets and exported 29.841 thousand tons. In 2016 the company produced 326.187…
DetailsOn May 12 miners of the Zaporozhye Iron Ore Complex mined the 160-millionth ton of ore. According to the company statement, the 150-millionth ton was mined 2 years ago, on February 20, 2015. “The yield of the 160-millionth ton of ore by the Ekspluatatsionnaya and Prokhodcheskaya mines is an event that will forever be written…
DetailsIn January-March Russia exported 10.3 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 1.3% YoY. Imports of steel pipes increased by 16.1% mostly due to the growth of supplies from CIS (by 37.2%). According to the Federal Customs Service, ferrous exports were valued at $4.4 billion, up by 57.4%. Exports to far foreign countries decreased by…
DetailsThe mining company Syrymbet has joined the ranks of the Republican association of mining and metal companies. The company main asset is the deposit of the same name. Syrymbet is the only tin deposit in Kazakhstan and the largest in Central Asia. At present Kazakhstan and other CA countries import tin. The deposit reserves are…
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