The Volgograd subsidiary of Redaelli SSM (Severstal-Metiz) has put into operation a new rope-making machine. Investments in the project totaled 300 million rubles. The machine can produce 6- and 8-therad ropes with the diameter of 28-100 mm. Such steel ropes are used in mines and on excavators. The capacity of the machine is 40 meters…
The rail-beam shop of Evraz NTMK has started manufacturing a new product – crane rails KR-100. The first 300 tons of rails have already been shipped to the customers. KR-100 rails are made of K-76F steel. This year the shop has already started producing KR-80 rails. Evraz NTMKL also produces KR-70 and KR-120 rails according…
Global rating agency Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the outlook for ratings of Polyus Gold International Limited, which holds a majority stake in Russia’s largest gold miner Polyus, to Stable from Negative, the agency said in a statement on June 14. It also affirmed a corporate family rating of the company at Ba1 and the…
In January-May Electrostal increased continuous cast billet output by 36.42% YoY, to 167.808 thousand tons. According to the company statement, it exported 121.3 thousand tons, and supplied the rest to the local market. In May Electrostal produced 39.669 thousand tons of billets, exporting 39.648 thousand tons. In 2016 the company produced 326.187 thousand tons of…
Prices in industry in May decreased by 1.3% after an increase of 1.6% in April, 3.5% in March and 3.1% in February. According to the State Statistics Service, the main reason of the decline was the price drop of metallic ores (by 22%). In mining and quarrying the product price decrease was 9.8%, while in…
In April ferrous scrap exports totaled 434 thousand tons, up by 26.8% MoM, but down by 36% YoY. According to the customs statistics, in January-April exports reached 1.21 million tons, down by 29.4% YoY, the lowest result for the past 7 years. The main importers were Turkey (34.3%), Belarus (30%) and South Korea (22%). (Ukrainian…
In May, according to the Russian Railroads statistics, pig iron exports totaled 483.6 thousand tons, up by 19% MoM, but down by 9.4% YoY. In January-May exports reached 1.93 million tons, down by 16.8% YoY and by 7% from the 2015 results, but up by 23.5% from 2013 and by 3% from 2014. The main…
The United Metal Company intends to increase 300×300 mm section pipes output at its Vyksa Iron and Steel Works by 20%. The increase is envisioned under the program of developing sales to the construction industry. The products will be used in the construction of modern buildings – skyscrapers, shopping malls, stadiums, etc. “We see great…