In January-March Russia exported 931.9 thousand tons of aluminum valued at $1.827 billion, up by 8.5% and by 27% YoY respectively. According to the Federal Customs Service, nickel exports dropped by 11%, to 33.7 thousand tons, valued at $444.2 million, up by 20%. Copper exports reached 175.9 thousand tons valued at $1.2 billion, up by…
BAST intends to increase copper-nickel ore processing capacities at the Maksut deposits 3.5-fold, to 1.4 million tons per year. Additional capacities of 1 million tons will be constructed in 2019. BAST is negotiating the cooperation with a major trading company, specializing in metals. Their investments could amount to $8-10 million. This year BAST will process…
In January-February Russia exported 152.6 thousand tons of primary copper valued at $1051 million, up by 23.1% and by 51.6% YoY respectively. In February the average price was $6932 per ton of primary copper, up by 22.81% YoY. The price of copper wire rod was $6785 per ton, up by 25.4%. (Ukrainian metal)
Dalnevostochnoye PGO, a part of the state geological holding Rosgeologia, in the new season will start prospecting works at three promising gold sites in Khabarovsk Territory. By the end of the year the prospectors will have to complete the research at the Poniysky site. The prospecting for the gold-quartz and gold-copper-porphyry ores on the site…
As a result of prospecting and evaluation works new ore objects were discovered in Kazakhstan. Chairman of the Committee of Geology and Subsoil Use of the Ministry for Investment and Development Akbatyr Nadyrbaev and Chairman of the Board of Kazgeology JSC Galym Nurzhanov told about the work carried out in 2017 on geological study of…
The Far East Development minister Alexander Galushka during his working trip to China has held a number of meetings with the local businesses. In particular, he held talks with the Minmetals Corporation. The corporation is eyeing the development of the Malmyzh copper-porphyry deposits in Khabarovsk region. The deposits reserves amount to 5.6 million tons of…
In 2017 Russia exported 0.1363 million tons of raw nickel, down by 26.6% YoY. Almost all the volume was sold to the far foreign countries (0.136 million tons). According to the Federal Customs Service, raw aluminum exports dropped from 3.481 million tons in 2016 to 3.208 million tons in 2017. Far foreign countries accounted for…
The prospecting of copper ore deposits on the Novopetrovskoye field in the Republic of Bashkortostan is complete. According to the inspection, the deposits have the reserves of 387 thousand tons of R1 copper with the average content of 1.44%, 151 thousand tons of R2 copper (1.28%), 638 thousand tons of R1 zinc (2.37%) and 268…