The initiative to prohibit coal imports from Russia could lead to the creation of a new scheme of coal deliveries from the temporarily uncontrolled territories. According to the political scientist Alexei Yakubin, deliveries from uncontrolled territories will not be stopped, but the scheme will change. “Ukraine has no alternatives to the coal mined there. So…
The first and the main manufacturing site of the Engels Pipe Works (ETZ) has been sold to the Engels Pipe-Rolling Works (ETPZ) for 104.8 million rubles. ETPZ also purchased the right to claim receivables. The right for 444.8 million rubles was purchased for the mere 9.1 million rubles. It should be noted that the ETPZ…
Iran plans to buy 950 tons of uranium concentrate from Kazakhstan. The delivery is scheduled in two batches – 650 tons by installments during the first two years of cooperation and 300 tons in the final year. The processed uranium will be returned to Kazakhstan. If the deal is struck, Iran will become an important…
In 2016 Severstal supplied 4.26 million tons of metal structures to Russian construction companies, up by 4% YoY. In particular, last year the metal from Cherepovets was used when erecting infrastructure objects for the 2018 World Cup: Yekaterinburg stadium and Zenit-Arena in Saint Petersburg. All in all in 2016 the company participated in 60 construction…
In 2016 Kosogorsky Iron and Steel Works received 83.8 million rubles of net losses as opposed to 391.4 million rubles of profits in 2015. According to the company statement, revenue decreased by 17.6% YoY, to 8.96 billion rubles. The company explains the decrease in revenue with the coke and raw material price growth as well…
The largest coke producer in Europe – Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works – has been shut down for 1 hour as the result of shelling. “We had a complete shutdown because of the damage to the cable, but within an hour we were able to resume operation thanks to the 2.5 MW generator. We’re alive…
Because of the Donbass blockade Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works is operating with only one blast furnace. According to the co-chairman of the Opposition block in the parliament Alexander Vilkul, the furnace makes only 6 smeltings per day. If the works is shut down, local budget will lose taxes. The city works are industrially linked…
By 2020 NLMK might increase steel smelting at its Lipetsk site by 2.2 million tons. The development strategy till 2022 presupposes the increase of steel smelting at the main site to over 15 million tons per year. By 2019 NLMK will produce 14 million tons of steel. The investments into the project are estimated at…