Instead of the anthracite coal from the uncontrolled territories Ukraine could import it from Russia or South African Republic, but in this case it would be twice expensive. “We could find alternative sources at once. But what do we change? We could import Kuzbass coal, but pay Russian miners instead of our own. And instead…
The Kaltan open-pit mine yielded the 100-millionth ton of coal. This is the result of Osinikovskoye and Kaltansky field miners operation since each field has been put into operation. The Kaltan open-put mine was created in 2009 by merging Kaltansky open-pit and Osinnikovsky open-pit. The first ton of Osinnikovsky coal was mined in 1980, and…
Kraft Group is carrying out regular deliveries of rolled metal for the construction of the Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line of the Moscow subway. The metal is supplied to the construction sites from the Ramenki station to the Novoperedelkino station. The company supplies rebars, wire, mesh, pipes and shapes. (Ukrainian metal)
The Stupino Metallurgical Company, Moscow region, has finished assembling and put into operation the new soaking pit, which now operates together with the first pit, put into operation in 2014. The new pit replaced 2 outdated annealing furnaces, disassembled in shop No. 520. They didn’t comply with the modern requirements on energy efficiency and product…
Over 6 thousand tons of double tees made by Evraz NTMK were used in the construction of the large housing complex in the “Legends Park” in Moscow. In Q1 the company will supply 1.7 thousand tons more. The usage of the double tees in the project allows applying the steel frame construction technique, which is…
In 2016 Russia exported 22.4 tons of gold, down by 43% YoY, while the output remained on the previous year level. Though there is still no data on January-November 2016 output the Union of gold-miners expects the figure to be on the level of 295-297 tons. Central bank bought the most gold on the local…
In 2016 Nikolaev Alumina Works produced 1.51 million tons of alumina, up by 2% YoY. In Q4 2016 the company produced 407 thousand tons of alumina, up by 12.3% QoQ. Under the project to increase alumina output to 1.7 million tons the works invested $7 million in 2016. This year NGZ intends to keep increasing…
Uralelectromed, a part of UMMC, has finished the repairs of its shaft kiln, one of the main equipments to produce wire rod. The repair cost around 10 million rubles. According to the department director Maxim Prosvetov, the repair was carried out in 20 days. 80 tons of refractory materials were used in the kiln modernization.…
