Ukraine: metal output up in January-August 2016

In January-August Ukraine produced 16.43 million tons of carbon steel, up by 9.3% YoY. Pig iron manufacture went up by 14.5%, to 15.99 million tons, that of rolled metal – by 8.7%, to 14.34 million tons. Metallurgical coke output jumped up by 17.6%, to 8.64 million tons, while that of steel pipes dropped by 4.8%,…

Russia: Rusal changes heads of two aluminum smelters

Rusal announced senior staff appointments within Aluminum Division. Oleg Buts has been appointed Managing Director of Irkutsk Aluminum Smelter (IrkAZ). Prior to the appointment, Buts worked as the Director of Department for Production System Training at Production Development Directorate of Rusal. He will replace Evgeny Kuriyanov, who has been appointed Managing Director of Krasnoyarsk Aluminum…