In January-March Severstal Distribution increased metal sales by 13% YoY, to 395 thousand tons. Because of the rolled metal price increase the company earnings rose by 71% YoY, to $225 million. “The steel market remains highly volatile. According to analysts, metal consumption in Russia this year will increase by 1.8%, in Northern Europe – by…
The Rusal Bratsk board of directors recommended its only shareholder Rusal to pay dividends for the first quarter of 2017 in the amount of 408.7 rubles per share. According to the company statement, the closing date of the shareholders registry entitled to receive dividends is May 22. The total amount of dividends is thus 2.25…
In the current washing season Plamya intends to get 450 kg of gold. Last year the company yielded 379 kg. The growth will be reached thanks to the third licensed site put into operation. In addition to Sildigir and Sygynakh in Yakutia, the company will also wash for gold in Komagin. According to the company…
Mechel-Service delivered the first batch of rebars for the construction of the Third Interchange Contour of the Moscow subway. The construction company received 560 tons of rolled metal. The Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works rebars are used in the construction of 6 stations: Delovoy Tsentr, Shelepikha, Khoroshevskaya, Khodyn Field, Petrovsky Park and Nizhnyaya Maslovka. (Ukrainian…
Ferrum has put into operation its modernized TESA (pipe welding) 51-190 mill. The mill produces steel pipe of 219 mm diameter, used mostly in pipelines. The wall thickness is 3-8 mm. Ferrum started manufacturing electric welded pipes in 2015, having put into operation three pipe welding mills with the total capacity of 15 thousand tons…
The net profits of Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works in January-March increased by 53.5% YoY, to $241 million. According to the company statement, earnings increased by 58.1% YoY because of the higher sales prices (by $249 per ton, or by 76.8%). EBITDA grew by 106.4%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March Poltava Mining and Processing Works, a part of Ferrexpo, exported 2.527 million tons of iron ore pellets. Ukrainian pellets went to Europe and the Near East, as well as Japan, China and Korea. At the same time Karelsky Okatysh exported 1.459 million tons of pellets, Lebedinsky GOK – 996 thousand tons, Mikhailovsky GOK…
Tugnuyskaya Processing Factory has good prospects of developing. To increase capacity SUEK decided to construct another processing factory. “When the second module of the factory is put into operation, we will increase capacity and create 100 new jobs”, the acting deputy CEO on processing of Tugnuyskaya Factory Igor Shkodin said. The annual processing plan for…