Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works, a part of Mechel, has carried out the scheduled repair of its 2300 hot-rolling mill. The overhaul has been conducted by the works’ employees. The scheduled repairs will ensure the stable and effective operation of the mill until the next overhaul. (Ukrainian metal)
Lipetsk Gipromez, one of the largest engineering and project design companies in the Russian metals and mining industry and part of NLMK Group, has been rebranded and renamed NLMK Engineering. The changes to the company’s name, logo and strategic positioning are a reflection of the extensive development it has undertaken over the last two years.…
PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih intends to purchase each premises located at Lavrenyova and Chystopilska streets (also known as “Zhukovka village”) in Saksahanskiy district of Kriviy Rih at the price of UAH 450 thousand. In general, this is 32 single-story dwelling houses and outbuildings constructed in 1950-1955, located in dangerous zone of ground motion due to…
Residents of Batken region opposed development of Shambesai gold deposit. The State Committee of Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use tried to tell them about the advantages of the project. Representatives of Z-Explorer Company held a presentation of Shambesai project with explanation of the proposed technology for development of the field and measures for environmental protection,…
Metal and metal wares share in the total exports to far foreign countries reached 9.1% in January 2017 (8% year ago). According to the Federal Customs Service, the monetary volume of the exports grew by 66.4% YoY, and physical – by 12%. Copper and copper alloys exports increased 2.2-fold, aluminum – by 17.6%, iron and…
A new long face has been put into operation at the mine named after Lenin, operating within the Yuzhny Kuzbass coal company. The reserves of the long face are estimated at 369 thousand tons of coking coal. The length of the long face is 120 meters. The coal will be supplied to Russian iron and…
In January the share of metal and wares in the imports from far foreign countries totaled 5.3% (5.4% in 2016), with monetary volume up by 34.4% YoY, and physical volume – by 36.8%. According to the Federal Customs Service, ferrous metals imports increased by 39.5%, with pipe imports down by 24.3%, and iron and alloyed…
The Russian court has arrested the ex-general manager of Severstal Vadim Larin in his absence on the accusation of bribing during the state checks of the company mines in Vorkuta. At present the Investigation committee of the Komi Republic has no information of his whereabouts. In early February it was believed he was in UK.…