In May average Ukrainian export price of iron ore decreased by 24% MoM, to $59.1 per ton, while exports grew by 4%, to 3.7 million tons. In January-May iron ore exports dropped by 11% YoY, to 15.7 million tons. Deliveries to local metal works in May increased by 1% MoM, to 2.694 million tons. In…
Zagorsky Pipe Works and POSCO have become strategic partners. According to ZTZ press-service, the companies have signed an agreement on the delivery of rolled sheet for the manufacture of large diameter pipes. The decision to become partners has been taken after POSCO supplied 10 thousand tons of X70 steel sheets in March-April. ZTZ specialists liked…
Metal companies have produced a half of pipes for the Nord Stream-2 pipeline. Now the pipes are being covered with concrete. According to the contract Russian companies will produce 1.3 million tons of pipes, or 60% of the total volume. (Ukrainian metal)
The Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works specialists have found a way to decrease the usage of the diesel fuel. “The idea was suggested by the diesel electric locomotive operators, who transported hot slag from blast furnaces to the slag processing shop. To decrease fuel consumption the operators have changed the algorithm of their usual…
In January-May Corum Group increased exports by 6% YoY. “We exported mostly drill-loading machines, transformer substations and trolleys. We shipped to Kazakhstan, Russia, Poland and Estonia”, the company said. In 2016 Corum exports increased by 34% YoY. “In 2016-2017 we supplied 4 tunneling machines to Kazakhstan, 2 drill-loading machines, 5 reloaders and scraper conveyors, 3…
According to World Steel Dynamics Inc., two Russian companies entered TOP-5 of the most competitive steel companies of the world. 37 companies participated in the research. Severstal was placed second with 7.79 points, while NLMK, fifth last year, went up one position. Posco heads the list with 8.31 points. (Ukrainian metal)
Uralelectromed has started assembling pipelines for electrolyte circulation under the second stage of the copper electrolysis shop construction. The total length of the pipelines will be 10 km. The pipelines will be used to prepare, distribute and circulate electrolyte from tanks to 448 electrolysis baths. The construction of the second stage began in July 2014.…
The Ministry of energy expects coal exports to grow by 6.3-9.4% YoY in 2017, to 175-180 million tons. In 2016 Russia exported 164.6 million tons of coal, up by 8.7% YoY. The ministry also expects coal output to reach 395 million tons this year, up by 2.4% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)