Mechel-Service has shipped the first batch of rebars for the construction of the President military school in Petrozavodsk, Karelia. The volume of the lot is 200 tons. According to the company statement, the Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works (a part of Mechel) rebars are used in the construction of the three-storied building. The construction is…
Nordgold has concluded an agreement with UniCredit Bank on the $75-million loan. “The company is successfully implementing its long-term strategic and operational goals, and the loan agreement with the UniCredit Group bank demonstrates our financial stability and opulence. We are glad of the cooperation with the bank and look forward to mutually beneficial work”, Nordgold…
Evraz NTMK will get the fifth line of railroad wheel processing. The contract for the delivery of the machinery has been concluded with NSH (Niles-Simmons-Hegenscheneidt). “We have signed an agreement that will allow us to improve wheel processing, thus satisfying the needs of both local and foreign markets in our products. NHS is one of…
In 2016 Ukrzaliznytsia brought 11.8 million tons of coal from Ukraine-uncontrolled territories. “As well as 1.3 thousand tons of coke. All the payment was carried out on the controlled territory”, the company said. At the same time, all the railroad transportation between controlled and uncontrolled territories was stopped on March by the order of the…
In 2017 Ukrainian energy sphere will consume some 7 million tons of anthracite coal as opposed to 10.5 million tons in 2016. “The difference of 3.5 million tons is covered by gas-generating coal”, the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik said. At present there is a surplus of gas coal. “The warehouses stock…
In late June another vessel with South-African coal would visit the Yuzhniy port. “We expect the next vessel after June 20. That would also be a Panamax”, the port acting director Vitaliy Zhukovsky said. More vessels will follow. “The schedule has been approved. This year together with Chernomorsk port we have to unload 4.8 million…
In January-March Buryatzoloto, a part of Nordgold, sold 1.1 billion rubles worth of gold, down from 2.4 billion rubles in Q1 2016. The company received 734 million rubles of net losses against 147 million rubles of net income last year. According to the company statement, the decrease is connected with the fall in key output.…
SteelAsia Manufacturing Corp. (the Philippines) has concluded an agreement with two Russian companies aiming at long-term cooperation with them. Under the $250 million contract Evraz will annually supply 50 thousand tons of billets to SteelAsia works in Davao City and in the Bulakan province. In Q1 the group purchased 240 thousand tons of Russian billets…