The net loss of Russian gold producer Lenzoloto tripled to 1.072 billion rubles in January-June, as calculated under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the company said in a statement on August 24. The pre-tax loss also tripled to 1.091 billion rubles, income from sales fell by 17.5%, to 2.396 billion rubles, including income from gold…
The Russian Railroads decided to change the level of the railroad tariff for export transportation of aluminum and aluminum wire rod. The new decreased tariff will be 0.867 from the current. The new tariff will be used when transporting aluminum and wire rod in a combined volume of not less than 3.466 million tons in…
A separate shop to produce copper wire rod was created at Kyshtym Electrolytic Copper Plant in 2007. With the new Southwire continuous casting technology the works increased wire rod output from 10 thousand tons to 100 thousand tons per year. Now the company has begun another modernization project. It plans to install a new casting…
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has started commissioning the polymer coating mill in the metal coating shop No. 3 being constructed. The first trial coil has already been produced. The new complex will be put into operation in September. The metal coating shop No. 3 will include the continuous dip-galvanizing machine with the capacity of…
EVRAZ NTMK has for the first time shipped a lot of 240 BA220 passenger railway wheels to Deutsche Bahn, the largest German operator. BA220 railway wheels are a new product for the works. The wheels are manufactured of ER7 steel grade and demonstrate rim hardness of 235 HB and above; wheel diameter is 920 mm.…
In July Ukraine produced 1.81 million tons of steel, down by 12.9% YoY. Still, despite the decrease, Ukraine was able to outmaneuver Iran and Mexico and reach the 12th position in the world rating. In January-July the world produced 977.371 million tons of steel, up by 4.6% YoY. China still holds the 1st position with…
In July Ukraine, not counting the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea, Sevastopol and the ATO zone, produced 975 thousand tons of steel (without continuous cast semi-finished products), up by 7.8% YoY and by 16.5% MoM. According to the State Statistics Service, steel output in January-July decreased by 7.3% YoY, to 6175 thousand tons. Pig iron…
The decision to build a rotary-kiln complex at Chelyabinsk Zinc Works was taken in 2012 under the program to increase capacity. In January 2017 the complex was put into operation. The project capacity of the complex is 296 tons of zinc-containing charge per day. The sixth rotary-kiln in addition to increasing zinc output allowed increasing…