Ukraine: Metinvest posts 21% rise in EBITDA in January-September 2016

Metinvest B.V. (the Netherlands), the parent company of Metinvest international vertically integrated mining and steel group, in January-September saw consolidated EBITDA rise by 21% YoY, to $989 million. According to preliminary financial results, its revenues during the reporting period fell by 15%, to $4.568 billion, while capital investment rose by 4%, to $199 million. Metinvest…

Russia: SUMZ buys new machinery

The cargo department at the railroad shop of the Sredneuralsky Copper Works, a part of UMCC, has purchased a new crane. The machinery costs around 12 million rubles. The crane will be used as a vibrounloader. It will be unloading open wagons with quartzite used in copper smelting. The old crane was built in 1965,…

Russia: VTZ fulfills annual billets sales

Volzhsky Pipe Works, a part of TMK, has reached its annual continuous cast billet sales target ahead of time, having supplied over 129 thousand tons by December. Romania, Austria and Germany were the main consumers. The rest was sent to Sinara Pipe Works. VTZ is expected to overcome its target by 23% in 2016. (Ukrainian…

Russia: Gazprom certifies ITZ products

Izhorsky Pipe Works, a part of Severstal, has successfully passed the inspection audit on the correspondence of its quality management system to the Gazprom 9001-2012 requirements. This standard is used in design and manufacture of steel electric-welded large diameter pipes with inner and outer coating for the gas pipeline construction. “The quality management system is…