Within the 2017 investment program the Central Mining and Processing Works has put two large BelAZ cargo trucks and a Komatsu bulldozer into operation. The new machines will be operating at the Petrovsky quarry. “We started renewing our trucks last year. In summer 2016 we bought 6 BelAZs, and 4 more in December 2016. This…
In January Zaporizhstal produced 287.7 thousand tons of pig iron, 326.2 thousand tons of steel and 270 thousand tons of rolled metal. This is all down by 58%, 27.5% and by 31.4% YoY respectively. The decrease in the January output has to do with the major overhaul of the blast furnace No. 3 for 150…
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has put one more blast furnace into operation following the shut down due to the problems with coke delivery. After the Russia-supported terrorists started shelling Avdiivka, the works shut down two of its four blast furnaces. “At present we have 3 blast furnaces operating, and we hope to be…
Severstal has announced its financial results for the 2016. According to its press release, Severstal’s revenue decreased by 7.5% YoY, to $5,916 million, primarily reflecting a substantial decline in average steel selling prices at the beginning of 2016, as a result of the net decline in global benchmarks and a marginal decline in sales volumes.…
In 2016 the Vysochaishy Group of Companies produced 5.1 tons of gold, down by 10% YoY. The highest results were reached at Golets Vysochaishy and Ykanskoye deposits in Irkutsk region – 4.8 tons of gold. Bolshoy Kuranakh in Yakutia yielded 308 kg of gold. Despite the decrease in output sales increased by 6% YoY, to…
In January Ukrainian metal companies produced 2.103 million tons of carbon steel, up by 4.4% MoM and by 8.5% YoY. This is the highest result since May 2016. At the same time pig iron output decreased by 0.3% YoY, to 1.914 million tons, while that of rolled metal increased by 9.8% YoY, to 1.855 million…
The oldest mine of Lisichansk – that named after Melnikov – has assembled the new coal conveyor. The works were financed by the Ministry of energy and coal industry within the program of Lisichanskugol support. The renovation of the conveyor allows putting into operation the first Northern face, yielding 700 tons of energy-generating coal per…
In November 2016 Russia imported 23.5 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant flat rolled products valued at $45 million, down by 3.7% and by 8% MoM respectively, but up by 45% and by 28% YoY. 600 mm and more wide sheet accounts for around 90% of imports, with nickel content in steel not exceeding 2.5%. China supplies…