The department of the Eastern office of the State Audit Service in Donetsk region says it is impossible to carry out inspections of the state enterprise Selidovugol because of the miners’ strike, who demand their salary debts to be cleared. In late 2016 Selidovugol purchased foodstuffs from VF Corner-Pak LLC. Because the activists suspected that…
Energomashspetsstal has produced a batch of rolls for ABB. The total weight of the batch is 85 tons. The rolls will be used to produce electric engines. The companies have been cooperating for over 10 years. (Ukrainian metal)
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has produced the first batch of rolled metal weighing 320 tons for the construction of a housing complex in the city of its presence. In the downtown Chelyabinsk construction of the new “Freedom Tower” block of flats has started. ChMK supplies rebars for the construction, as well as pipes, sheets…
The prime cost of 1 ton of coal mined at the state enterprises is 1.5 times higher than the price of this coal when sold to the power plants. According to the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry, in February the prime cost was 3124.9 UAH per ton, while the average selling price was 2033.5…
The Cabinet of Ministers has postponed the decision to provide state coalmines with state guarantees on their loans of 1 billion UAH. According to the Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman, this issue will be addressed later. State guarantees should have been given to the Mine named after Surgay, Pervomayskugol, Lvivugol, Toretskugol and Selidovugol. (Ukrainian metal)
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) was recognized in the Ferrous Metallurgy category of the XVI national annual IT Leader awards. The expert jury gave high praise to MMK’s large-scale project aimed at updating the software infrastructure of MMK Group, comprising more than 60 companies. The IT Leader awards have been held since 2002 and…
On May 16 labor collective of Railway Shop of PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih (shifts 3 and 4) joined the protest of Ukrzaliznytsya’s railwaymen. Main demands of the employees were announced – to increase the salary up to European level of 1000 EUR and to ensure that all rolling stock met health and safety standards. Locomotive…
Kyrgyzstan considers it important to adopt a new UN resolution on the problems of uranium tailings, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Kubatbek Boronov stated on May 17. According to him, a number of large tailing dumps in Kyrgyzstan and other countries of the region are located near the rivers, which are the…