The government of Brazil has started reviewing the antidumping duty on plate steel from Ukraine, China, South Korea and the Republic of South Africa. The term of the current duties expires in October. But they will still be valid until a new decision. The decision has to be taken within 10 months, though the government…
Chairman of Pipe Metallurgical Company Dmitriy Pumpyanskiy and chairman of Gazprom Alexei Miller have signed a roadmap to develop pipe products with integrated registering, processing and commuting components. TMK will produce for Gazprom innovative large diameter pipes with built-in sensors to control pressure, temperature and deformations in real-time mode. The pipes will be specially marked…
Gaysky Mining and Processing Works has received a lifting machine for the Ekspluatatsionnaya mine. It has been produced at Uralmashzavod and transported during the summer months via railroad and trucks. “The largest parts weigh dozens of tons. In particular, the weight of the pulley is 58 tons. The unloading was carried out with the help…
On October 4, 39 employees of the Oktyabrskaya mine of the Krivoy Rog Iron Ore Industrial Complex refused to return to the surface after their shift. The reason for the strike was the decrease of salary for some employees. The miners have been staying underground at the depth of 1115 m for 4 hours. Late…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allocated UAH 136 million in budget funds to pay off salaries to coal miners, Chairman of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine, Mykhailo Volynets, wrote on his Facebook page. “We have received information from the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine that Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has…
NuMetal and its key shareholder Russian bank VTB have not abandoned the idea of buying bankrupt Indian smelter Essar Steel, VTB CEO Andrei Kostin announced on October 5. Bloomberg reported that India’s Supreme Court ruled on October 4 that the entire soured debt of affiliates of participants in the auction for the steel asset must…
Indian energy company Tata Power has received a license to invest in a coal deposit on Russia’s Far East, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev reported on October 5. “We are actively working with several Indian companies on investments in Russia, including with Tata Power, which plans to develop actively the…
Prices of gold and platinum increased, while the silver and palladium prices decreased in Azerbaijan on October 5, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold grew by 3.74 manats, to 2,037.62 manats per ounce on October 5 compared to the price on October 4. The price of silver dropped…
