From January 1, 2018 Russia will get the new interstate GOST 34028-2016 “Rolled reinforced bars for ferroconcrete structures. Technical conditions”, which will replace the current standards. According to the Center of standardization and metal products certification of the Research institute on ferrous metallurgy named after Bardin, the new GOST sets obligatory characteristics, which the rebars…
In January-June Interpipe Steel produced 403 thousand tons of steel, up by 32.6% YoY. According to the company representative, in June steel output totaled 79 thousand tons, up from 75 thousand tons in May. In 2016 the company produced 614 thousand tons of steel, up by 2% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
NLMK Group is bringing a series of new premium grade transformer steels to the global market. The new grades of steels are designed for manufacturers of energy-efficient transformers, including those featuring stranded magnetic conductors, that are cost-efficient and easy to manufacture, and are widely used in individual housing construction. Advanced grades of transformer steel, namely…
In January-June Ukrainian metal companies consumed 880 million cubic meters of natural gas, up by 2% YoY. In June gas consumption totaled 125 million cubic meters. Daily average gas consumption in 6 months stood at 4.9 million cubic meters against 4.7 million in H1 2016. In June daily average gas consumption was 4.2 million cubic…
In July-August the state seaport Yuzhny plans to send to Ukrainian thermal power plants some 225 thousand tons of anthracite from the South African Republic. “Within two months we expect the arrival of 3 vessels from SAR with over 225 thousand tons of coal”, the port reported. On July 21 Panamax ZHAO YAUNG FENG will…
ChTPZ Group has shipped the first 1980 tons of large diameter pipes with concrete plating for the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline. The pipes with the diameter of 1153 mm and the wall thickness of 30.9 mm were produced by Chelyabinsk Pipe Works. The batch of pipes will be delivered to Finland via…
The Belarus Iron and Steel Works exported goods worth more than $465.3 million in H1 2017, up by 37.2% YoY, BMZ Deputy Director General Andrei Kulakovsky declared. Russia and European countries account for the lion’s share of exports (75.7%). The top importers are Germany, Netherlands, Israel, and Lithuania. Andrei Kulakovsky noted that the company had…
In Q2 Severstal increased iron ore concentrate sales by 54% QoQ, to 1.236 million tons. Pellets sales went up by 12%, to 2.879 million tons. Vorkutaugol coking coal concentrate sales increased by 16%, to 827.154 thousand tons. “The inter-group coal consumption increased by 16% QoQ, while sales to the third parties (i.e. occupied territories of…