Blagoveschensk Rebars Works has made the first delivery of products mastered in record-low time thanks to the use of the innovative method of parallel projection. The manufacture of new sizes of block valves DN 500 mm PN 6.3 MPa, DN 400 mm PN 6.3 MPa and DN 350 mm PN 10.0 MPa was mastered in…
On September 19 the city of Gelendzhik will host the 7th Russian conference “Wire-fasteners-2018”. The event will gather all the major metal wares market players from Russia and CIS. Estimates and forecasts on the development of the main market segments will be presented by managers of Severstal-Metiz, MMK-Metiz, Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works, etc. On…
Baikal Mining Company belonging to billionaire Alisher Usmanov has started building a plant on the Udokan copper deposit and plans to launch the first $2.1-billion stage in 2022, the company said in a statement on September 5. The annual capacity is planned at 12 million tons of ore and can rise later to 48 million…
Under the contract with ArcelorMittal, Energomashspetsstal has supplied 250 tons of finished metal products to Kazakhstan. The batch consisted of 10 units of bulk and heavyweight products. In particular, for ArcelorMittal Temirtau EMSS has produced 6 slag ladles with the volume of 16 cubic meters and 4 supporting rolls for the hot- and cold-rolling mills.…
In July world pig iron output grew by 6% YoY, to 107.767 million tons, according to World Steel Association. As usual, China is leading with 67.515 million tons. Ukraine produced 1.767 million tons of pig iron, securing the 9th place, followed by Taiwan with 1.3 million tons. In August Ukraine produced 1.733 million tons of…
In August, according to railroad statistics, deliveries (including imports) of steel products (rolled metal and pipes) to the bases of the major Russian trade enterprises and networks totaled 0.86 million tons. This is up by 13.9% YoY. In 8 months deliveries fell by 0.9% YoY, to 7.2 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In August 1.43 million tons of metal were delivered via railroad to the major Russian metal and pipe works. According to the railroad statistics, this is the increase of 17.6% YoY. In January-August metal deliveries reached 8.8 million tons, up by 3.4% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In August Russian metal companies shipped 5.15 million tons of metal via railroad, up by 3.5% YoY. Sales to domestic market dropped by 5.9%, to 3.02 million tons, while exports grew by 20.6%, to 2.13 million tons. In January-August metal sales via railroad reached 42.8 million tons, up by 5.3% YoY, with local deliveries up…