In January-September Severstal produced 8.639 million tons of steel, down by 0.8% YoY. According to the company statement, pig iron manufacture dropped by 2%, to 6.814 million tons. At the same time consolidated sales of steel products increased by 3%, to 8.167 million tons. In 2016 Severstal produced 11.63 million tons of steel, up by…
In October Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works found two cases of lack of coal supplied to it. On October 1 a cargo train No. 3504 en route Udachnoye – Avdiivka brought 1800 kg of coal less. And on October 4, three wagons of the train No. 3104 en route Pokrovsk – Avdiivka were 5600 kg…
According to the ex-member of the National commission on energy regulation Andrei Gerus, DTEK enterprises haven’t paid some 100 million UAH to the state budget. In 2016 DTEK companies did not pay the rent of 0.75% for coal mining from the price of its sale (1076 UAH per ton for Pavlogradugol and 1053 UAH for…
In January-August Electrostal produced 283.521 thousand tons of continuous-cast billets, up by 33.9% YoY. According to the company statement, it exported 236.871 thousand tons, and sold the rest on the local market. In August Electrostal produced 39.86 thousand tons of billets and exported the whole volume. In 2016 Electrostal produced 326.187 thousand tons of continuous-cast…
Saudi Arabia intends to increase the import duty for Russian rolled sheet from the current 5% to 31%. “As to metals, we could face a problem, and this would influence our trade relations with Saudi Arabia”, the minister of industry and trade Denis Manturov said. At present Russian authorities are trying to convince the Saudi…
In January-September Zaporozhogneupor increased molded refractories output by 1714.94 tons YoY. According to the company statement, in September it produced 7299.98 tons of molded and 2980.47 tons of chamotte refractories. In 9 months Zaporozhogneupor produced 2538.86 tons of magnesia and 2666.75 tons of high-aluminous wares. (Ukrainian metal)
Gaysky Mining and Processing Works has started constructing the 1230-meter horizon. “Our task is to provide the miners with the lower layers to increase ore output to 9 million tons per year”, the deputy chief engineer Sergey Semin said. When the construction is complete, the total length of two conveyer galleries will reach some 1…
In September the pipe works Profil-Akras produced 15.5 thousand tons of pipes and shipped 16.2 thousand tons. In October the company plans to produce 15 thousand tons and sell 16 thousand tons. Profil-Akras is specializing in the manufacture of electric-welded pipes for water and gas pipelines and heating systems, as well as pipes for the…