Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has worsened its 2017 domestic demand growth forecast to 1-1.5% from 2.5%, CEO Oleg Bagrin reported on June 21 on the sidelines of the Russia Calling business forum. “We expect demand for steel to grow by 1-1.5% in 2017. We adhere to this forecast and so far we have seen…
Three workers – all of them citizens of China – were killed in an accident at Taldybulak Levoberezhniy mine, the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Mining and Metallurgical Trade Union of Kyrgyzstan Eldar Tadzhibaev reported. According to him, the first accident occurred on June 14. Driver was killed by a collapse of the…
Lugansk miners have decreased coal output this year. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, Lisichanskugol mined 89.8 thousand tons of coal, down by 27% YoY. Pervomayskugol mined 96.1 thousand tons of coal, down by 37.8% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
The Primorye region miners obtained 2.078 million tons of coal from Bikinsoye deposits, up by 20% YoY. The deposits are developed by Luchegorsk Coal Pit (LUR) and the Petrotrade M LLC (contractor). In particular LUR mined 1.052 million tons of coal, down by 2% YoY, while Petrotrade – 1.026 million tons, up by 57% YoY.…
On June 22 the Russian Union of metal product suppliers will host a round table of the rebars manufacturers and suppliers. Managers and chief specialists of local rebars manufacturers will report on the GOST 34028-2016 “Rebars for ferroconcrete structures”. The participants will also discuss the current situation on the rebars market, as well as prospects…
In January-May Ukraine produced 408.7 thousand tons of ferrous pipes, up by 24.2% YoY, with 85.4 thousand tons produced in May. Ukrtruboprom enterprises produced 273.4 thousand tons in 5 months, up by 30.9% YoY, with 57.5 thousand tons in May. Khartsyzsk Pipe Works, situated on Ukraine-uncontrolled territory, in January-May produced 3.4 thousand tons of pipes,…
The European Commission has imposed final antidumping duties on the Belarus Iron and Steel Works rebars. The size of the duty is 10.6%. That’s below the December 2016 preliminary level of 12.5%. The investigation on the Belarusian rebars started in March 2016 on request from Eurofer. According to the company, in 2015 imports of Belarusian…
Zaporizhstal presented its blast furnace No. 3 reconstruction solutions at the Hexagon international conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The report was presented by the capital construction and investment director Alexei Lebedev. The report touched upon details of the reconstruction site and a very small territory. The company specialists have developed a number of innovative solutions…