MMK is carrying out the construction of the sintering factory with no analogues in Russia. The preparation works began in December 2016. Now the metal structures are being assembled. In December 2017 the company warehouses received 2.5 thousand tons of Sinosteel machinery. The Chinese party intends to supply some 22 thousand tons. The cost of…
In January-February Ukraine produced 2.98 million tons of rolled metal, down by 7% YoY. At the same time 2.64 million tons of rolled metal were exported, or 88.7% of the total output. In January-February 2017, 2.54 million tons of rolled metal were exported, or 79.5% of the output (3.19 million tons). The main export markets…
The State Geology and Subsoil Service has provided the company Petro-Consulting with the special license to mine for lithium ores at the Shevchenkovskoye lithium deposits in Donetsk region. The company has been granted the license for 20 years. As of early 2018 the deposits were not developed. In early March the Kirovograd region council granted…
In February Vyksa Iron and Steel Works shipped 194.3 thousand tons of pipes via railroad, down by 24.6% MoM, but up by 15.8% YoY. In January-February the sales increased by 32.2% YoY, to 452.2 thousand tons. Sales to Russian customers grew by 53.3%, to 380 thousand tons, while exports dropped by 23.4%, to 72.2 thousand…
The total economic effect from the implementation of projects to improve the energy efficiency of production processes at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works in 2017 amounted to about 1 billion rubles. Work to improve energy efficiency was carried out at all levels of the plant’s industrial site. As in previous years, the company’s energy…
PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih started the main stage of construction of the new Continuous Casting Plant No. 2. Capacity of two new continuous casters (LFCC Nos. 2, 3) will be 1.4 million tons per year each. It will enable larger CC-billets output. The total cost of the investment project is over $100 million. Now the…
Anglo Asian Mining PLC (AAM), a producer of gold, copper and silver in Azerbaijan, announced that a subsidiary of the group, Azerbaijan International Mining Company Limited, planned to spend about $6 million on its new geological exploration and evaluation program in 2018, the company said in a message. 2018 will be the first year of…
The railroad operator Globaltrans has prolonged the contract on the transportation of MMK products for another 8 months. “In early 2018 the long-term partnership with MMK was prolonged till late September 2020”, the company said. The previous contract was valid until late February and presupposed the transportation of some 80% of MMK goods. (Ukrainian metal)
