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 The new pit replaced 2 outdated annealing furnaces, disassembled in shop No. 520.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.…
The town of Avdiivka, Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works and the Donetsk filtering plant have been cut off the electricity grid following the shelling. “One of the two water-heating boilers is operating, we will be providing heat but at a lower volume”, the company CEO Musa Magomedov reported. On January 30, the plant was completely…
In January Russian manufacturers increased prices by 12.7% YoY. According to Rosstat, the highest increase was observed in iron ore prices – by 21.7%. Machinery and equipment for metal industry increased in price by 16.8%, quarrying machinery – by 15.8%. Copper prices went up by 6%, pig iron, steel and ferroalloys – by 4.6% on…
The Apollo metal structures works (Samara) has finished delivering structures for the booster compressor plant at the Sharkiy Berdakh oil-and-gas deposits (Uzbekistan). The company has supplied cable rack and pillars for units. The weight of the structures totaled 171 tons. The Sharkiy Berdakh is being developed by Uzbekneftegaz, which is constructing the booster compressor plant…