The head of the Russian Federal Agency on state reserves Dmitry Gogin confirmed that Russia was supporting Donbass enterprises. Earlier the head of the Russian commission “on humanitarian aid” to the territories of the south-eastern districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine Sergey Nazarov declared, that “companies, affected by the economical and transport blockade,…
In January-March Ukraine decreased both exports and imports of iron ore raw materials. In particular Ukraine exported 9.8 million tons of raw materials, down by 4% YoY, with 4 million tons exported in March. Imports in Q1 dropped by 88% YoY, or by 660 thousand tons, to 90 thousand tons. In March Ukraine imported 12…
Iron ore from Severstal could be supplied to Yenakievo and Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works, which were occupied by the terrorists organizations DPR and LPR in March. The Russian Railroads have already agreed to a 25% discount on such transportation. Iron ore raw materials will be transported from the Cherepovets-2 station in Rostov region and…
Odessa region witnesses 50 cargo trains on halt at the ports because of the absence of locomotives. According to the people’s deputy from the opposition Alexander Vilkul, the mining and processing works of Kriviy Rih cannot export their products. “Following the previous halt (March 20) 55 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials were not…
Black Iron Shymanivske Steel LLC has been granted the right by the Kriviy Rih city council to prepare the land plan for the construction of the iron ore plant. The company intends to state in the plan the open-pit mine, repair shop, and fuel reserve site as the main infrastructure objects. In 2010 Black Iron…
The authorities of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization, supported by Russia, on the occupied territory of Ukraine, have started negotiations with the major mining companies of Russia on the delivery of raw materials. The non-existing Ministry of industry of the DPR informs that it is negotiating with the following: Lebedinsky and Mikhailovsky…
Public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia has denied accusations of providing preferences for transit of Russian iron ore. “Now the level of transit tariffs if we compare them for similar distances for this cargo is higher by $5.6-7.5 per ton in contrast to domestic transportation. Even if the domestic tariffs are indexed, the tariff for iron ore…
Since the start of 2017 Ukraine produced 11.05 million tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 1.3 million tons YoY. In February average daily output totaled 130.2 thousand tons, up by 16.3 thousand tons MoM, with 5414.2 thousand tons produced, down by 219.3 thousand tons MoM. Severniy and Ingulets GOKs have decreased output by…
