Miners of the state enterprise Lisichanskugol mine named after Kapustin are still striking underground. On October 19, 33 miners refused to return to the surface. “The unions have provided them with food and water. But they have stayed without food for a day”, Mikhail Volynets, the chairman of Independent Miners’ Union, reported. The miners demand…
For the first time in Russia Evraz NTMK has implemented a system of manufacture planning on the basis of SAP ERP and SAP APO PP/DS. The system has changed the process of ordering, manufacture planning and spare parts producing. As a result, the level of warehouse stocks has decreased by 10%. (Ukrainian metal)
In August Russia imported 74.1 thousand tons of flat galvanized rolled metal (including coatings with aluminum), down by 4.5% YoY. In January-August imports dropped by 7.4%, to 392.2 thousand tons, valued at $393 million, up by 4%. Kazakhstan supplied the most – 46%, down by 2.3%. The average price on the Russian border was $739.3…
In August Russia imported 55.4 thousand tons of flat galvanized steel with polymer coating, up by 7.6% YoY. In January-August imports dropped by 30.3% YoY, to 277.8 thousand tons. The main supplier is China (118.7 thousand tons, down by 50.4%). The average price at the Russian border in August was $894.2 per ton without VAT.…
A fire appeared on the territory of 4500 square meters at the zinc electrolysis shop of Electrozinc in the city of Vladikavkaz. 150 firemen and 42 machines were used to extinguish the fire. As a result of the accident one fireman perished and two were injured. Presumably the building contained sulfuric acid tanks. The company…
The Rostov subsidiary of the First Cargo Company reported that in January-September the Tuapse Sea Trade Port unloaded 33.5 thousand wagons, that brought over 2 million tons of NLMK ferrous metals, up by 36% YoY. The increase has to do with the demand growth in the far abroad countries. The port shipped pipes (90% of…
In September Ukraine increased coal imports by 1.5% YoY, to $215.429 million, while exports grew by 99.5%, to $0.034 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, the main supplier was Russia ($136.23 million). In January-September Ukraine imported $2191.76 million worth of coal, up by 15.4% YoY, while exports dropped by 89.2%, to 8.127 billion. (Ukrainian…
Evraz will increase the capital investments program for 2019-2022 to $830-990 million, while since 2014 it has already invested more that $660 million. It is planned to carry out projects worth $1.5 billion, and spend $500 million a year on the maintenance. In particular, the modernization of rail manufacture at Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel (USA)…
