NLMK Group, an international steel company with operations in Russia, the USA and the European Union, expands the perimeter of its “Steel Tree” environmental program and announces the launch of target grant allocation to local communities and NGO’s in Lipetsk region, Stary Oskol (Belgorod region) and Zarinsk (Altai region), where NLMK’s key companies are located.…
Rosterminalugol JSC, the largest dedicated coal port in the Baltic region, a part of Russia’s largest coal port holding Port Management Company LLC, has exported 24 million tons of coal this year. The milestone ton was loaded on December 18 onto the Panamax bulk carrier Orange Harmony, the 332nd vessel handled from the year beginning…
Polymetal has started mining gold and silver-containing ore at the Olcha deposits in Magadan region. This year the company intends to extract 9.5 thousand tons for processing. Estimated reserves of the deposit are 400 thousand tons of ore with the average content of gold at 8.6 g per ton and silver – 22 g per…
Metinvest is pondering the construction of the complex to manufacture rolled metal with polymer coating. According to the marketing director Roman Kurashev, the group could construct two lines with the capacity of 120-150 thousand tons each. Moreover, the group is also discussing the creation of the galvanized line with the capacity of 300 thousand tons.…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih intends to expand the geography of its sales in Africa, while the share of its sales in CIS is decreasing. “We have recently opened a delivery channel to the countries of East Africa. We have organized an office in Tanzania to supply metal to Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya”, the company…
The quarry fleet of Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Works has been expanded with three BelAZs with the improved lifting capacity – 220 tons. This year under the Metalloinvest investment program the GOK has received 6 such trucks. In 2014-2016 Metalloinvest purchased around 300 units of machinery for Lebedinsky and Mikhailovsky GOKs: 232 dumpcars, 11 large…
This month all the Metal Profil products have appeared in Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek citizens were able to start purchasing some materials in October. “Kyrgyzstan is one of the most actively developing countries in the CIS. Having started supplying products to Bishkek we are now able to fully satisfy the needs both of large dealers and private…
In January-November Ukraine consumed 4.59 million tons of rolled metal, up by 10% YoY. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, of this volume 1.196 million tons (26%) were imported. In 11 months of 2016 Ukraine imported 23.1% of the rolled metal consumed (or 0.966 million tons out of 4.17 million tons). Flat rolled metal imports share dropped from…