The Volgograd subsidiary of Severstal Steel Ropes has started assembling three rope machines and four winding machines. The cost of the Italian machinery is some 2.5 million euros. The commissioning is scheduled for autumn. This is the beginning of the second stage of the project to develop special steel ropes manufacture. “A month ago we…
NLMK-Kaluga has produced the 6-millionth ton of steel. “In just 2 years of operation the works has reached the levels of the best world practices on refractory, scrap, electricity, and electrodes usage. Now we must not stop on what we have reached, but move forward developing techniques, ourselves and our colleagues and forming a new…
In June Russia imported 71.3 thousand tons of flat galvanized metal, down by 2% YoY. In 6 months imports dropped by 10.2%, to 340.4 thousand tons. Deliveries from Kazakhstan decreased by 6%, to 173.6 thousand tons, at an average price on the Russian border of $767.5 per ton without VAT. Galvanized imports from China dropped…
In June Russia imported 48.3 thousand tons of flat polymer-coated rolled metal, down by 21.2% YoY. In January-June imports fell by 33.7% YoY, to 180 thousand tons, of which 71.6 thousand tons accounted for China, down by 55%. The average price on the Russian border was $893.7 per ton without VAT. Deliveries from Kazakhstan grew…
In January-June the mines of Donetsk region increased coal output by 5.3% YoY, to 5.9 million tons. At the same time this is 17.3% less than in January-June 2016. Last year the region yielded 10.2 million tons of coal, down from 14.5 million tons in 2016 and 38.1 million tons in 2013. In Q1 1144.3…
In July Ukrainian metal companies consumed 145 million cubic meters of natural gas, on the level of the previous month. In 7 months gas consumption grew by 11%, to 1.08 billion cubic meters. Electricity consumption in July totaled 6.9 billion kW-h, up by 11% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
On August 20 the Ministry of Ecology of Chelyabinsk region received letters from the citizens about a bad smell in the air. As the result of the inspection, the source of heavy smoke was found on the territory of Chelyabvtormet. The mobile laboratories checked the quality of the air on the enterprise territory. Following the…
In June Russia exported 14.5 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant steel scrap and wastes valued at $18 million, up 4-fold and 5.6-fold YoY respectively. According to the customs statistics, in 7 months exports increased by 46.8%, to 54.4 thousand tons valued at $59.4 million, up by 61.4%. Scrap containing 8% of nickel accounted for 75% of…