In March Ukraine increased iron ore raw materials exports by 4% MoM, to 2.8 million tons. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, in Q1 exports dropped by 13% YoY, to 8.6 million tons. Iron ore raw materials delivery to metal companies grew by 10% MoM, to 2.75 million tons in March, and in Q1 – by 23% YoY,…
In January-March Yakovlevsky Mine extracted 250 thousand tons of ore, up 3-fold YoY, which met the business target. The company sold 270 thousand tons of ore, up by 8% from the plan. The average iron contents in the ore were 60.6%. In Q1 the mine put into operation a new ventilation system. The machinery valued…
In January-March Ukraine exported 9.487 million tons of iron ore raw materials valued at $700.842 million, up by 6.6% and by 4.5% YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, exports mostly went to Slovakia (15.81%), China (15.93%) and Poland (14.55%). At the same time Ukraine imported 9.006 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials…
In February Russian railroads transported 8.5 million tons of ore, up by 3.7% YoY. Since the beginning of the year railroads have transported 17.7 million tons of ore, up by 4% YoY. Transportation on local destinations increased by 10%, while exports dropped by 30%. China showed the main decrease – by 200 thousand tons. Iron…
The Federal Antimonopoly Service intends to have analyzed the competitiveness on the markets of gold and platinum by August.
According to the service deputy director on industry control management Mariya Babikova, another analysis will be carried out on the silver and iron ore concentrate markets.
She did not name the timeframe though. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2017 Kazakhstan mined 242.7 billion tenge worth of iron ore, up by 25.9% YoY. Kostanay region accounted for over 88% of the total volume (214.4 billion tenge, up by 23.4%), Karaganda region – 10.3% and Akmola region – 1.1%. ArcelorMittal Temirtau (Orken LLC) operates in the main “iron ore” regions – it is the…
In January Ukraine produced 5.39 million tons of iron ore concentrate, up by 7% YoY. Pellets output went up by 3%, to 1.94 million tons, and sinter – by 5%, to 2.84 million tons. Supplies of iron ore raw materials to metal companies in January were up by 7% MoM, but down by 2% YoY…
The new major shareholder of Petropavlovsk – the Kazakh businessman Kenes Rakishev intends to make the company sell its 31% stake in the iron ore IRC. The company share is estimated at $65 million, while the total debt of IRC of $233.75 million is the ICBC project financing with Petropavlovsk guarantees. The money was borrowed…
In 2017 Ukraine exported 37.409 million tons of iron ore raw materials and concentrate valued at $2.588 billion, down by 4.6%, but up by 41.6% YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, iron ore share in the total export was 5.9%. The largest importer of Ukrainian iron ore raw materials last year was China…
In November average daily output of iron ore raw materials increased from 132.1 thousand tons to 150.1 thousand tons. According to the state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa, in November Ukraine produced 6234 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials, up by 303.7 thousand tons MoM. Since the start of the year output has decreased by 1.46 million…
In November Ukraine exported 2721 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 8.3% YoY, or by 247 thousand tons. According to the state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa, since the beginning of the year Ukraine has exported 34.4 million tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 1.5 million tons YoY. Deliveries to Slovakia increased the…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that export prices of Ukrainian suppliers of iron ore raw materials in December will fall by over 10%. “The fall will be the result of the Chinese indexes dynamics with a certain time lag. On the local market prices could grow due to the favorable situation on the rolled metal…
Shenzhen delegation visited the Kargalinsk district of Aktobe region. Chinese businessmen were presented the project of iron and nickel ore development at the Velikhovskoye iron ore deposits. Investors showed their interest in long-term cooperation with the district in deposits developing. Having signed the memorandum of cooperation the investors noted that a special group would analyze…
In October Russian Railroads transported 8.9 million tons of iron ore, on the level of the year start. Since the beginning of the year some 91.3 million tons of ore have been transported, down by 0.2% YoY. Exports continued decreasing due to the growth of local consumption. The largest decrease in exports was in the…
Black Iron Inc. (Canada) has finished the new feasibility study for the construction of the Shimanovsky Mining and Processing Works in Kriviy Rih valued at $748 million. According to the document, the construction of the mine and the works will be carried out in 2 stages. The capacity of the first stage will be 4…
In January-October Ukraine exported 31.72 million tons of iron ore and concentrate valued at $2.179 billion. According to the State Fiscal Service, the share of iron ore and concentrate in the total exports was 6.2%. The largest volumes of iron ore and concentrate were exported to China – $600.559 million (27.5% of the total iron…
Black Iron intends to use loans, including from EBRD, to construct Shimanovskoye Mining and Processing Works. “Recently the bank has decided to invest $350 million into ArcelorMittal Kirviy Rih, which is close to our deposits”, the company said. The first stage of construction presupposes the GOK capacity of 4 million tons per year, and the…
In January-September Ukraine exported 29.1 million tons of iron ore raw materials, up by 2% YoY. In September exports increased by 100 thousand tons MoM, to 2.9 million tons. Imports in January-September dropped by 93% YoY, to 90 thousand tons. In September, just like in 6 months before that, Ukraine did not import iron ore…
In January-September Ukraine exported 28.75 million tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 3.8% YoY, valued at $1.96 billion, up by 54.8%. According to the State Fiscal Service, exports mostly went to China (27.39%), Slovakia (11.39%) and Austria (10.96%). At the same time Ukraine imported 204.91 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials valued…
The further fall of the world prices for iron ore threaten the operation of Ukrainian mining and processing works. According to the Federation of Ukrainian Metallurgists chairman Sergey Belenkiy, in just a week the prices have fallen by 15%, from $78 to $66 per ton. “If ore is cheaper than $60 per ton, some enterprises…
According to the Ministry of economy, in 8 months Kazakhstan mined 26 million tons of iron ore, up by 11.4% YoY. In January-July iron ore raw materials output increased by 32.7% YoY, and concentrate by 2.1%. In money terms iron ore raw materials output in 7 months increased by 57% YoY, to 144.1 billion tenge.…
In January-August Ukraine exported 25.78 million tons of iron ore and concentrate valued at $1.744 billion. According to the State Fiscal Service, this constituted a 6.3% share in the total exports. The largest batches of ore were shipped to China ($496.279 million, or 28.4% of the total exports), Slovakia ($192.498 million, 11%) and Austria ($191.821…
In January-August Ukraine exported 25.78 million tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 5.4% YoY, valued at $1.74 billion, up by 54.2%. According to the State Fiscal Service, China (28.45%), Slovakia (11.04%) and Austria (11%) were the main importers of Ukrainian iron ore raw materials. In 8 months Ukraine imported 204.89 thousand tons of…
In July, according to the State Fiscal Service, Ukraine exported 3384 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 198 thousand tons, or by 5.5% MoM. In January-July Ukraine exported 22.7 million tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 1.2 million tons YoY. Deliveries to Slovakia increased the most – by 637 thousand…
In July Ukraine increased iron ore raw materials output by 202 thousand tons MoM, to 6.015 million tons. Concentrate and sinter ore manufacture went up from 125.6 thousand tons to 137.4 thousand tons, while that of sinter and pellets dropped from 68.2 thousand tons to 56.6 thousand tons. Iron ore raw materials deliveries to Ukrainian…
In July Russia shipped 9.2 million tons of iron ore, up by 2.2% YoY, with 63.8 million tons shipped in 7 months, down by 0.2% YoY. Local sales increased by 2%, while exports dropped by 2%. Ukraine and Hungary stopped importing iron ore altogether, while Slovakia, Finland and Germany decreased imports by 70%, 2-fold and…