Uralmashzavod will supply 1 thousand tons of back-up rolls for hot-rolling to ArcelorMittal Temirtau. According to the company statement, the rolls will be supplied in Q3-4. Uralmashzavod has finished the first stage of its roll manufacture modernization, which allows it to increase output and improve quality. (Ukrainian metal)
Armalit (Saint Petersburg) has put into operation the robotized welding complex on the basis of an industrial robot. The robot allowed the company to implement adaptive welding. With the robot put into operation the capacity of the company increased 2.5-fold. (Ukrainian metal)
Sberbank has opened a credit line of 1 billion rubles to Zagorsky Pipe Works. The money will be used to clear debts to the Insulation Pipe Works. According to the loan agreement, ZTZ has to clear the credit in 2018. At the same time Sberbank has restructured the ZTZ debt of 4.1 billion rubles. The…
The Khabarovsk region governor Vyacheslav Shport together with the new owners, representatives of Torex, visited Amurmetal. According to the company representatives, the situation at the works was stable, salary issues have been settled. In March the works plans to produce 12 thousand tons of steel from raw materials supplied by Torex. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-February Ukraine exported 347.6 thousand tons of steel-making pig iron, down by 10% YoY, following the increase of 50.6% in January. According to the State Fiscal Service, the value of the pig iron exported was $99.644 million, up by 56.5% YoY. Pig iron was mostly exported to USA (50.25%), Turkey (19.2%) and Italy (12.7%).…