Metinvest has revealed the reports on the operation of Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works (EMZ), Komsomolskoye Mine Group and Donetskkoks, situated in the pro-Russia militants controlled territory of Donetsk region. In particular, EMZ received net profit of 360.483 million UAH in 2016 as opposed to net loss of 544.546 million UAH in 2015. Komsomolskoye Mine…
Evraz ZSMK specialists have developed the technique to produce new kinds of rails. Preliminary tests have been successfully carried out at the works. The new DT400IK rails are the improved version of DT370IK for complex sites of railroad, with wear resistance 13% higher than ordinary rails. Another new product is DT350VS400 rails for the high-speed…
In January-September Nadezhdinsky Iron and Steel Works produced 388 thousand tons of rolled metal, up by 4% YoY, or by 15.3 thousand tons. More than half of the output is the products of the bars shop (up by 9%). At present the company is negotiating the construction of the continuous-casting machine. (Ukrainian metal)
The Mikheyevsky Ore Mining and Processing Plant (Varnensky district, Chelyabinsk region) plans to adopt a three-stage ore grinding technology, which will produce finer ore particles than the existing two-stage crushing equipment. The separation of tiny impregnated copper particles from gangue material is expected to reduce the loss of valuable fractions in tailings and increase the…
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has finished reconstruction of the stove No. 2 at the blast furnace No. 5 “Severyanka”. According to the company statement, investments in the project totaled 800 million rubles ($14 million). “The reconstruction will allow increasing temperature to 1250 degrees C, improving the CherMK largest blast furnace efficiency and decreasing coke…
NLMK Lipetsk, NLMK Group’s flagship production site, has completed guarantee testing of pulverized coal injection (PCI) technology at blast furnace No. 6 (with a capacity of 3.1 million tons per year), and at blast furnace No. 7 (with a capacity of 4.3 million tons per year). Tests confirmed that the equipment had reached design capacity.…
The state enterprise Selidovugol has ordered Zakhystprom Trade LL the delivery of mining rescuing equipment valued at 58750 thousand UAH. In particular, this year the company has to deliver the products of Dezega SP (Turkey): 4792 self-rescuers at 9500 UAH apiece and 3961 regenerative charges at 3340 UAH apiece. In June Selidovugol ordered another company…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that in November ferrous metals scrap prices will decrease by 3.1% MoM, or by 200 UAH per ton, to 6300 UAH per ton. In October scrap price averaged 6.5 thousand UAH per ton, but because of the low stocks metal companies increased it to 6750 UAH pert tons. Until mid-November…
