The construction readiness of the rolling mill that will make metal sheets and tinned iron in Miory district, Vitebsk region stands at 93%. The enterprise’s Director General Piotr Shimukovich made the statement while taking Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Rumas on a tour of the construction site on March 27. The prime minister visited the…
In January-February, Ukrzaliznytsia increased iron ore, manganese ore and scrap transportation by 8% YoY. In particular, transportation of iron and manganese ore grew by 8.1%, ferrous metals – by 0.1% and scrap – by 8.7%. At the same time transportation of coke fell by 22.7%. According to the State Statistics Service, the dynamics of scrap…
In January-February, metal companies in Ukraine retained gas consumption on the previous year level – 310 million cubic meters. At the same time, electricity consumption decreased by 5%, to 1.83 billion kW-h. In 2019, metal companies decreased gas consumption by 2% YoY, to 1.8 billion cubic meters, and electricity consumption dropped by 5%, to 11.2…
In January, Russia’s exports totaled $29.9 billion, down by 7.9% YoY. According to the Federal Tax Service, the share of metal and metal wares was 8.7% (8.6% in January 2019). The share of exports to far foreign countries dropped from 8.1% to 7.5%, but to CIS grew from 13.1% to 18.6%. Exports of aluminum decreased…
In January-February, seaports increased cargo transportation by 0.7% YoY, to 132.4 million tons. Dry cargo transportation dropped by 2.3%, to 54.9 million tons. Ferrous metals accounted for 4.5 million tons, down by 11.2% YoY. In particular, Port St. Petersburg increased ferrous metals transportation by 27%, to 1022.6 thousand tons, but the port of Taganrog decreased…
In January-February, Ukrainian seaports exported 6.6 million tons of iron ore, up by 41% YoY. Transportation of ferrous metals grew by 7.8%, to 30.5 million tons, rolled metal – by 10%, to 1.96 million tons, and pig iron – by 12.2%, to 436.6 thousand tons. At the same time transportation of scrap dropped by 14.2%,…
Kazakhstan has presented the investment opportunities in the field of mining and metallurgy at the annual PDAC Exhibition and Conference in Toronto. The three-day industry event was attended by over 25 thousand people from 135 countries, the press service of Kazakh Invest informed. The Kazakhstan’s delegation included the Vice Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development…
In January, Ukrainian mining and metal companies decreased average salary, except for mining and processing works, by-product coke plants and ferrous metallurgy. In particular, average salary in mining was 17705.4 UAH, up by 1.4% MoM. By-product coke plants increased salary by 2%, to 18527.8 UAH, ferrous metallurgy – by 0.2%, to 17422.4 UAH, while non-ferrous…
