Electrocable has purchased a tensile-testing machine. The 1.5 million rubles machine tests metal wire (wire rod) and belts used to manufacture cables. It has replaced the tensile-testing machine, produced in 1960s. Unlike the old equipment the new machine is completely automated. “We test the tensile strength of wire rod by stretching it with the strength…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has produced 7.5 thousand tons of rails for the repair of Belarus railroads. The products have been manufactured at the ChMK rail-and-beam mill and shipped for Belarus Railroads to the city of Orsha. Rails are produced of high-quality steel, manufactured at ChMK. The rail-and-beam mill was commissioned in 2013. (Ukrainian…
In July-September Orel Steel-Rolling Works shipped over 6.4 thousand tons of fasteners to customers. This is a total hit for the company. In the past 10 years OSPAZ only once exceeded the 6 thousand tons milestone – in Q3 2015 it supplied 6075 tons of fasteners. But this year the company has overcome its own…
In January-September Izhstal increased metal deliveries to Kalashnikov concern 2.6-fold YoY. Izhstal supplies hot-rolled metal of stainless, high-speed, tool and bearing steels, as well as cold-rolled belts and sections. In 9 months Izhstal supplied 1.8 thousand tons of metal to Kalashnikov concern.
Karelsky Okatysh project on the replacement of magnetic separators is drawing to an end. The new machines consume almost 2 times less water and electricity. “After replacement instead of five pairs of separators with the combined electricity consumption of 40 kW, we will have only two new ones that consume 15 kW. The new machines…
In September Ukraine mined 1.9 million tons of coal, down by 25.4% YoY and by 3.2% MoM According to the State Statistics Service, in 9 months coal output totaled 18.3 million tons, down by 15.2% YoY. Crimea, Sevastopol and the ATO zone are not taken into account. (Ukrainian metal)
64 miners from the once powerful and successful Mine named after Zasyadko in Donetsk have been given packets of food as a bonus for joining the Donetsk Republic movement. “The mine is in a difficult situation now. But the employees in such a complex time were not afraid to support the Donetsk People’s Republic (a…
The deputy minister on temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced people Gerogy Tuka said, that 18 mines in the occupied Donetsk region were flooded. “18 mines have already been flooded, 12 more are being flooded. All of them mined anthracite coal. It is impossible to restore their operation, as it will be necessary to invest…