Kazakhstan: iron ore output up in H1 2017

In January-June Kazakhstan mined 19.07 million tons of iron ore, up by 10.4% YoY. According to the Ministry of the national economy, copper ore output totaled 48.528 million tons, up by 36.3% YoY, gold-containing ore – 8.733 million tons, down by 1.8%, chromium concentrate – 2.208 million tons, up by 11.1%. Kazakhstan holds the 7th…

Ukraine: iron ore export-import in H1 2017

In January-June Ukraine exported 19.303 million tons of iron ore and concentrate valued at $1.362 billion. According to the State Fiscal Service, iron ore share in the total exports was 6.6%. China imported $388.128 million worth of iron ore and concentrate (28.5%), Poland – $145.155 million (10.6%), the Czech Republic – $145.109 million (10.6%). Other…