In January-April Electrostal produced 128.138 thousand tons of continuous cast billets, up by 57.3% YoY. According to the company statement, it exported 121.3 thousand tons of billets and sold the rest on the local market. In April Electrostal produced 33.309 thousand tons of billets and exported 29.841 thousand tons. In 2016 the company produced 326.187…
On May 12 miners of the Zaporozhye Iron Ore Complex mined the 160-millionth ton of ore. According to the company statement, the 150-millionth ton was mined 2 years ago, on February 20, 2015. “The yield of the 160-millionth ton of ore by the Ekspluatatsionnaya and Prokhodcheskaya mines is an event that will forever be written…
In January-March Russia exported 10.3 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 1.3% YoY. Imports of steel pipes increased by 16.1% mostly due to the growth of supplies from CIS (by 37.2%). According to the Federal Customs Service, ferrous exports were valued at $4.4 billion, up by 57.4%. Exports to far foreign countries decreased by…
The mining company Syrymbet has joined the ranks of the Republican association of mining and metal companies. The company main asset is the deposit of the same name. Syrymbet is the only tin deposit in Kazakhstan and the largest in Central Asia. At present Kazakhstan and other CA countries import tin. The deposit reserves are…
In April Dneprospetsstal produced 21708 tons of steel, up by 0.4% MoM, as well as 14613 tons of rolled metal, up by 1.3% MoM. The total cost of the products manufactured was 699691 thousand UAH, up by 2.7% MoM. In January-April the company produced 83547 tons of steel and 56451 tons of rolled metal, up…
In 2016 Kurganstalmost exported some 24 thousand tons of metal structures to Turkmenistan, or one third of the products manufactured. The company exports increased by 168% YoY. Kurganstalmost structures were used in the construction of railroad and automobile bridges over the Amu-Darya and Karakum rivers. The company also supplied metal structures and wares for the…
Following the audit by Russkiy Registr, Gaysky Mining and Processing Works received the certificates of compliance with the new ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001: 2015 versions. In particular the integrated management system of copper and copper-zinc ores mining and processing as well as copper and zinc concentrates manufacture and sales have been confirmed. “Successful transition…
In April Ukraine saw a surplus of scrap because of the drop in steel manufacture, but summer will bring the scrap shortage back. “A lot of things happened in April. First of all, the shut down of capacities on the uncontrolled territories, resulting in the scrap offer surplus, while in the first quarter there was…