In October Ukraine mined 2 million tons of coal, down by 25.9% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, this does not take into account the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and the Antiterrorist operation zone. October output increased by 4.3% MoM. In January-October Ukraine mined 20.2 million tons of coal, down by 16.4% YoY.…
In September, according to the customs statistics, exports of Russian unalloyed semi-finished products totaled 1.04 million tons, down by 4.2% MoM and by 11.8% YoY. In August the results were up by 1.1% MoM, but down by 6.4% YoY, while in July down by 1.8% MoM and by 7.7% YoY. In January-September Russia exported 10.3…
Technogroup has been chosen as the supplier of electric machinery of the converter gas heater for Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works converter No. 1. Under the contract the company will supply the technological equipment manufactured by WEG: the 5000 kW engine, 6 MVA phase-shifting transformer and the frequency converter. The delivery is scheduled for Q2…
The Baykaimskaya mine has started work on the new long face – No. 6. Coal is mined with the help of Tiandi complex, which has shown positive results while operating at the long face No. 5. The machinery valued at 2.7 billion rubles was commissioned in August 2016. Since then the miners have yielded 2.2…
RUSAL announces that aluminum alloys 8030 and 8176 have been successfully approved by Russian authorities for the use in electrical wiring applications. This approval opens up new market opportunities for aluminum. The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation has approved the order that regulates construction of electrical installations and permits the use of aluminum…
In January-October world steel output increased by 1.411 billion tons, according to World Steel Association. In October output grew by 5.9% YoY, to 145.25 million tons, with capacity loading at 73%. China manufactured 72.36 million tons of steel in October, followed by Japan (8.97 million tons), India (8.63 million tons), USA (7 million tons) and…
Russia’s largest coal-mining region, Kemerovo, plans to raise coal output to 240 million tons in 2017 from 227.4 million tons produced in 2016, governor Aman Tuleyev told the region’s Council of People’s Deputies. “We have not closed a single company despite all the problems, and we’ve even managed to build new ones and to hold…
The construction of the railroad around Ukraine for the Crimean Titanium Works in Armyansk will begin in 2018. According to the so-called minister of internal policy of the Russia-occupied Crimea Andrey Vasyuta, the railroad will be used to transport ammonia to the company. Previously the station has been in Ukraine. As the works lacks the…