In October railroad transported 9.8 million tons of iron ore, up by 10.1% YoY. In 10 months 96.3 million tons of ore were transported, up by 5.5%. In October local transportation grew by 13%, while exports dropped by 7% due to the decrease of supply to Turkey (2-fold) and China (by 25%). At the same…
Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant has suspended the project to create its own railroad cargo cars fleet. The press-service reminded that the main motive behind Solway Investment Group decision to create the fleet was the insufficient number of the rolling stock last winter. “Now the situation has stabilized a bit. There is information, that new cars appeared…
In January-September Metinvest increased EBITDA by 47% YoY, to $2.01 billion. The increase is due to the growth of metal segment profitability by $749 million. Mining EBITDA dropped by $146 million, while corporative expenses decreased by $39 million. The share of the metal segment in EBITDA reached 54% (26% in 9 months of 2017), and…
In January-September Metinvest doubled its capital investments YoY, to $620 million. Scheduled repairs accounted for 61% of investments (89% in 9 months of 2017). Metal division received 63% of investments and mining – 36%, with corporate expenses at 1%. Last year they were 43%, 55% and 2% respectively. The main investment projects at Mariupol Ilyich…
In November Zaporizhstal produced 330.7 thousand tons of steel, up by 10.1% YoY. According to the company statement, pig iron output grew by 7.8%, to 341.7 thousand tons, and rolled metal – by 44.6%, to 269.3 thousand tons. In January-November the company increased steel manufacture by 5.4% YoY, to 3.762 million tons, pig iron –…
Thanks to the increase in large-diameter pipe output, Zagorsky Pipe Works has been able to reach the highest volume of sales. In November ZTZ shipped 62.047 thousand tons of pipes, including 60.472 thousand tons of large-diameter pipes. Last month the company mostly produced for Gazprom. As of today ZTZ has orders for next year to…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has produced 1.2 thousand tons of rebars for the construction of the land reclamation on the Vasilyevsky island in St. Petersburg. The city is carrying out a project to construct a Sea Façade. It includes a sea passenger port and new housing. The construction uses 35G2S and 35GS alloyed rebars…
Amurstal CEO Sergey Kuznetsov said that this year the company annual output target had been fulfilled – 650 thousand tons had been produced. Next year the plant intends to produce 1 million tons. Earlier media reported that Amurstal might be purchased by Chinese investors. But the CEO refuted such reports, saying there were no negotiations…