Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has produced 500 thousand tons of rails since its rail-beam mill has started operating. Most of the rails – some 90% – were sent to the Russian Railways. In 2016 the Railways received 270 thousand tons of rails, this year it is planned to supply 330 thousand tons. ChMK rails…
The president of Ukraine Petr Poroshenko has signed the decree No. 6382 to prolong for a year the export duty on ferrous scrap in the amount of 30 euro per ton, earlier adopted by the Verkhovnaya Rada. According to the VR committee on industrial policy chairman Victor Galasyuk, thus an additional margin of safety was…
Employees of the iron ore mine “Artem-1”, a part of the ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih mine group, demand the increase of their wages to 1 thousand euro. According to the local mass media, several dozens of miners attended the meeting demanding the salary increase from the company management. They also want their medical expense to increase.…
Volnogorsk Mining and Metallurgical Combine has ordered the Imex Minerals LLC services on its territory and on the East site of Malyshev deposits valued at 42.86 million UAH. The auxiliary machines services will cost 30.58 million UAH this year. 12.29 million UAH will be spent on removing a layer of soil (350 thousand cubic meters)…