In 2018 the Tajik Aluminum Company plans to start developing the Konchochskay group of deposits. The deposits have large reserves of gold, silver, mercury, antimony and other metals. “In 2018 we will start mining and processing gold, silver and antimony”, the company said. TALCO obtained the license to develop the deposits in December 2015. The…
The number of faults in pipes supplied by Zagorsky Iron and Steel Works to Gazprom is the minimal in comparison with other pipe manufacturers. According to Gazprom, since late August and as of the first half of November, the ZTZ pipes fault index is 0.99% of the total supplies in the reporting period. That of…
Talnakh Processing Factory has repaired the belt conveyer No. 3. This is the main path for ore from Oktyabrsky and Taimyrsky mines to get to the factory. The machinery has been in operation since 1986, its length is 1695 m. The modernization of the conveyer allows managing the factory capacities that have increased to 10…
The metal machinery repair shop of Izhstal is 100 years old. In 1917 the main premises of the repair-mechanical shop were constructed. It also contained a smithy to produce horseshoes, nails, etc. In 1930s the shop organized a welding site, and after that the electrodes manufacture. During the war it produced parts for machine-guns and…
In January-September Russia exported 3.37 million tons of pig iron, down by 10% YoY, valued at $1.14 billion, up by 39.4%. According to the customs statistics, USA accounted for 65% of all exports, up by 24.2% YoY. Turkey imported 10%, up by 62.3%, followed by Italy with 6%, down 2-fold. In September Russia exported 675.3…
In January-October Belarus Iron and Steel Works increased hot-rolled seamless pipes output by 66% YoY, to 113 thousand tons. According to the company statement, in October pipe manufacture growth was 244.6% YoY. Steel smelting increased by 4.5%, to 1.92 million tons, metal cord – by 6.6%, to 79.6 thousand tons, RML wire – by 14%,…
Construction of a gold recovery plant and a tailing dump began at Jerooy deposit. According to the head of the State Committee of Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use, Ulan Ryskulov, the development of Jerooy deposit is one of the largest national projects that will have a great impact on the social and economic development of…
In January-October Severniy Mining and Processing Works sold 1.5 million tons of high iron content pellets to metal companies of Ukraine and Europe. The high-quality pellets have been produced following the experiments of using concentrate from two mining and processing works – Severniy and Ingulets. As the result iron content increased from 63.8% to 65%.…
