Evraz (Russia) has entered into an agreement to sell its PJSC Evraz Sukhaya Balka iron ore mining and beneficiation plant in Ukraine to a firm belonging to Oleksandr Yaroslavsky’s DCH Group for $110 million excluding the debt, Evraz said in a statement. “Berklemond Investments Ltd, a part of Oleksandr Yaroslavsky’s DCH Group, has acquired Evraz…
The negotiations between administration of Evraz Sukhaya Balka and miners on the salary increase are underway. As the result of the meetings held on May 12, 15 and 16, the administration decided to review its previous decision on wage increase. The company is prepared to increase salary by 20%. Taking into account the 3% increase…
The demands of the striking miners from Evraz Sukhaya Balka have not changed. They demand the increase of wages by 30% from May 1, with the following increase by the end of the year to the equivalent of 1 thousand euros, the Independent Miners Union chairman Mikhail Volynets reported. But the administration is unmoved –…
Evraz Sukhaya Balka miners have stopped their strike. On May 12 all the miners returned to the surface. For more than two days employees of two mines remained on their working places demanding increase of wages. On May 11 all the work at the mines was halted for safety reasons. (Ukrainian metal)
One of the two Evraz Sukhaya Balka mine employees in Krivoy Rog, who have stayed for more than a day underground, demanding the increase of wages, have come out of the shaft. The Yubileynaya miners came out to negotiate with the management, while the Frunze miners are still underground. The miners are still blocking railroad…
Evraz Sukhaya Balka administration decided to suspend operation of its mines in order not to endanger its employees. Earlier some 300 miners from Yubileynaya and named after Frunze mines refused to return to the surface demanding the increase of the wages. “The strike threatens the operation of the enterprise, people could get hurt”, the administration…
On May 10 several hundreds of Evraz Sukhaya Balka miners did not return from underground. “The company is negotiating with them”, the press-service reported. “The medical service controls their health. Despite long delays in operation because of the lack of licenses to use subsoil, the company continues paying salary”. Since last September the mine has…
Evraz Sukhaya Balka is idle because of the absence of license to mine iron ore. According to sources, as of the late March, the company still has not received all the necessary documents to resume operation. In January-February the enterprise mined 413 thousand tons of sinter ore. (Ukrainian metal)