Category Archives: Aggregates

Russian mining and metals firm Mechel announced that its Uvatsk quartzite deposit is now in continuous operation, adding that the first shipment of raw materials has been delivered to the company’s Bratsk Ferroalloy Plant. In March, the Bratsk plant took … Read More »

Weak demand in exports led Russian potash miner Uralkali to cut its potash production by 700,000 tons in the fourth quarter. The company will also downgrade its full-year production forecast, Oleg Petrov, Uralkali’s director of sales and marketing, said, according … Read More »

Mikhail Gutseriev, the president of Russneft, said on Thursday that the construction of a potash mine in Belarus will begin in March. Gutseriev told Sarapul journalists that the construction would take approximately three years, Interfax reports. “Projects are underway and … Read More »

The launch of new coal mines in 2012 could help enable the coal output at the Kuzbass coal basin in the Kemerovo region of Russia to reach a record high. Kemerovo’s regional government announced on Tuesday that it anticipates the … Read More »

Russia’s prime minister asked Belarus to lower the $30 billion price tag Minsk has put on potash mining giant Belaruskali, which Russia’s Uralkali is looking to purchase. A Moscow-led regional fund bailed out Belarus last year when it suffered a … Read More »