The situation at the metal works, taken by the DPR-LPR militants from their rightful owners, has become almost critical in just 1 week. Despite the local authorities’ forecasts, which promised to quickly reorient production to Russian and provide up to 70% of the budget revenues from these companies, most of them start to shut down.…
In 2016 Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works, a part of Mechel, received 315.5 million rubles of net profits, down 6.6-fold YoY. The works revenue dropped by 2.5%, to 22.89 billion rubles. Export sales decreased by 14.7%, to 4.49 billion rubles, while local sales went up by 1.1%, to 18.4 billion rubles. In Q4 2016 BMK…
For the first time in the last 8 years Izhstal, a part of Mechel, has received net profits – 121.4 million rubles in 2016. Its net losses amounted to 1.5 billion rubles in 2015 and 1.8 billion in 2014. In 2016 Izhstal received net profits only in the second half. Q4 2016 saw 205 million…
NLMK president Oleg Bagrin said that the group was studying the option of buying rolling assets abroad, in particular on developed markets. “We like developed markets, as they provide stability and growth”, he said, adding that new assets should be complimentary to the existing ones and the company strategy. The group also strives to be…
By 2018 NLMK will increase iron ore concentrate output by 1.7 million tons, to 16.6 million tons. According to the company statement, in November 2016 it put into operation the pelletization factory at its Stoylensky GOK with the capacity of 6 million tons of pellets per year, which could be increased to 7.2 million tons.…
In February the Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works produced 941.3 thousand tons of iron ore concentrate and 135 thousand tons of sinter, up by 9.2% and by 13.4% YoY respectively. In January-February concentrate output at UGOK increased by 11.1% YoY, to 1.989 million tons, of sinter – by 26.9%, to 338.9 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
The Pipe Metal Company has started supplying new premium-quality products to its customers – the Light insulated lift pipes (ILP). Last year the company sold 14.5 km of Light ILP to Tyumenneftegaz, a daughter company of Rosneft, as well as Messoyakhaneftegaz, a Rosneft and Gazprom neft JV. The ILP are used as compressor-pump pipes to…
ArcelorMittal, the biggest foreign investor in Ukraine, is concerned about possible negative consequences of railway connection blockade in the east of the country. The blockade of coal supplies from uncontrolled territories of Donbass threatens energy stability of the plant and supply of raw materials needed for production activities. Eastern region, as the source of supply…