Precious metal prices increased in Azerbaijan on December 18. The price of gold grew by 19.0995 manats, to 2,122.3565 manats per ounce on December 18 compared to the price on December 17. The price of silver went up by 0.2092 manats, to 24.972 manats per ounce. The price of palladium increased by 26.5795 manats, to…
The revenue of enterprises of the Belarus Metal Company has exceeded $2 billion. The result was achieved in 11 months and 12 days of December. In January-November revenue grew by 134% YoY. Belarus Iron and Steel Works accounts for over 70% of the revenue. Among other companies Mogilev Iron and Steel Works showed the largest…
The current product range, manufactured by Techmash, a part of Korolovesky Pipe Works, – section pipes with the size of 40×20 to 60×60 mm – will be joined by new products manufactured by Isayevsky Pipe Works. The company will start producing section pipes with the size of 20×20 to 120×120 mm on December 20. The…
Mechel has signed an agreement on cooperation with one of the largest Japanese trading companies – Itochu Corporation. According to the document, in December 2018 – March 2020 Mechel will supply 800 thousand tons of coking and power-generating coal to Itochu. The coal will be shipped from the Yuzhniy Kuzbass and Elgaugol enterprises. “Our long-term…
In January-November Ukraine exported 13.65 million tons of ferrous metal via seaports, up by 9% YoY. In particular, pig iron exports grew by 36.6%, to 2.717 million tons, and scrap – by 2.2%, to 78.56 thousand tons, while rolled metal exports dropped by 0.9%, to 8.024 million tons. In 11 months ore exports decreased by…
Electrostal has been shut down. The reason is the economical inexpediency to produce continuous cast billet with the growing raw materials prices (scrap) and the drop of billet FOB export prices. In January-November Electrostal decreased continuous cast billet output by 27% YoY, to 289 thousand tons. In November the company produced 12 thousand tons of…
In January-October ferrous metals exports reached 38.435 million tons, up by 11.4% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, ferrous metals exports, without pig iron, ferroalloys, waste and scrap, was 25.293 million tons, up by 7.2%. Deliveries of semi-finished carbon steel products totaled 13.145 million tons, up by 12.1%. Flat rolled metal exports dropped by…
Russian steelmaker Severstal will supply 300,000 tons of rolled stock to the Zagorsky Pipe Plant (ZTZ) in 2019 for production of large diameter pipes, the companies said in a joint statement after signing a relevant agreement. “Severstal already has experience in metal supplies for ZTZ. Such agreements provide an opportunity to build long-term mutually beneficial…