Chelyabinsk Zinc Works produced a trial batch of wire made of indium alloys. The wire consists of 52% of indium and of 48% of tin. At present the company is studying the market. Trial samples of wire have been sent to prospective customers. (Ukrainian metal)
Karabashmed has put into operation the first of the three new converters. Investments in the construction of the converter shop totaled 1.1 billion rubles. The work started in October 2017. Three Kumera converters with the volume of 150 tons each have been assembled at the shop. They will increase output by 25%, to 150 thousand…
On August 30 the vault of the arc furnace at Bezhitskaya Stal was partially destroyed. 5 people were injured in the accident. The company is operating in the normal mode, no manufacturing process has been suspended. According to the preliminary inspection, it will not take long to resume the operation of the furnace. (Ukrainian metal)
The last fourth rest period in summer camps Parus and Burevesnik is over. A total of 2231 children had rest in Parus during summer, and 2005 children in Burevesnik. Summer camps were working based on four rest periods during 2018 season. Duration of every rest period comprised 18 days. This year teaching staff of Parus…
Employees of the state coalmining enterprises have organized a strike near the building of the Lviv regional state administration demanding their salary debt issues to be solved. The chairman of the administration Oleg Sinyutka promised to talk to the representatives of the Ministry of energy and coal industry on the matter. DTEK Energo reported that…
In July Vyksa Iron and Steel Works received 39 thousand tons of scrap via railroad. According to the railroad statistics, deliveries dropped by 132.7% YoY. In January-July scrap deliveries to VMZ reached 330.1 thousand tons, down by 28.5% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In July Vyksa Iron and Steel Works decreased steel sales via railroad by 18.9% YoY, to 130.9 thousand tons, both to local customers and abroad. In January-July railroad deliveries grew by 21% YoY, to 1.37 million tons. Supplies to Russian customers increased by 19.7% YoY, to 1.05 million tons, while exports went up by 25.5%,…
The Uralelectromed subsidiary has put into operation after a scheduled repair an Engitec Technologies short-drum furnace. The inner insulation layer of the furnace has been replaced. The work cost some 2.5 million rubles. Refractory bricks of two types were used to assemble new lining. The short-drum furnaces are heated to 1200 degrees C to produce…