The Ministry of economy and trade is pondering the imposition of a 30% protective duty on rolled metal imported from Russia. “Metal companies ask the ministry for a duty. I hope it does not cover alloyed metals for machine-building”, people’s deputy, chairman of the Kharkiv region employers association Anatoly Girshfeld said. In February Ukraine started…
On October 12 there was an accident at the by-product coke manufacture of ArcelorMittal Temirtau. A group of employees was working with the pipeline containing mixed gas. Following the explosion and ignition 6 people were injured: 4 employees of the gas shop, 1 employee of the coke shop and 1 employee of the gas service.…
In January-September Zabaikalye region mined 14.732 million tons of coal, down by 3.63% YoY. This year 12 companies mine for coal in the region. The main output is provided by Razrez Tugnuysky, Razrez Urtuysky, Razrez Kharanorsky, as well as Chitaugol LLC, etc. In September 2.007 million tons of coal were mined in the region. (Ukrainian…
In January-September Chukotka Autonomous District obtained 19.88 tons of gold, including 17.59 tons of ore gold and 2.28 tons of alluvial, down by 11.5% YoY. Silver output dropped by 21%, to 99.28 tons. The decrease in output has to do with the drop in Kinross Gold operations. In particular, the Chukotka Mining and Prospecting Company…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has finished the capital repairs of the sintering machine used to produce raw materials for pig iron manufacture. The machine now has an electronic filter, gas-purifying and exhaust systems. Investments totaled 15 million rubles. There are 4 sintering machines in the ChMK sinter manufacture. Combined they produce over 5 million…
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works, one of the world’s largest integrated steel plants (a part of Severstal’s Russian Steel division), has launched the commercial operation of a digital predictive model to prevent failures at the hot rolling mill 2000 and thereby reduce its downtime. This model calculates the probability and risk of the pinion stand…
The Evraz Sukhaya Balka shareholders meeting scheduled for October 11 did not take place. According to the company statement, the meeting was postponed till November. This meeting had to rename the company and make amendments to its charter documents. (Ukrainian metal)
Rosterminalugol JSC, the largest dedicated coal port in the Baltic region, a part of Russia’s largest coal port holding Port Management Company LLC, says it has exported 19 million tons of coal this year. The milestone ton was loaded on October 12 onto the Post-Panamax bulk carrier, Spring Wealth, the 266th vessel handled from the…
