In July Zlatoust Electrometallurgical Works produced 5508 tons of liquid steel. The vacuum arc remelting site overfulfilled its target by 5%. The main products were stainless nickel-containing alloys and corrosion-resistant steel without nickel. The rolling shop produced 2824 tons of metal. In particular, the mill-400 produced 998 tons and bar mill-280 – 226 tons. (Ukrainian…
Evraz NTMK has put into operation a new ball-rolling mill to produce balls with the diameter of 60 to 120 mm of the highest – the fifth – hardness group, previously only manufactured abroad. The mill is situated in the rail and beam shop. The total length of the manufacturing line is 300 meters. There…
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin does not plan an extraordinary meeting with business representatives to discuss the situation in the industry, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov reported. “No such meetings have been scheduled yet because the president has not approved any decision. The president agreed that the issue should be considered by the government’s experts,” he said.…
Ukraine increases coal purchasing from Russia despite the public anti-Russian mood of the high-rank officials. In January-June Russia accounted for 63% of coal supplies to Ukraine, the largest volume in the past 4 years. The share of coal in the overall imports reached 6%, while Ukraine has 4% of the world coal reserves. This year…
