Under the project to construct the continuous casting machine No. 4 Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has purchased new special machinery. A new MAZ-based skip-lift will transport the powder wastes of the converter manufacture. Its cost is some 1.6 million UAH. The new machine will in future service not only the CCM No. 4,…
The prices of precious metal decreased in Azerbaijan. The price of gold dropped by 4.743 manats, to 2,198.1085 manats per ounce on Jan. 11 compared to the price on January 10. The price of silver fell by 0.1047 manats, to 26.6673 manats per ounce. The price of platinum went down by 7.072 manats, to 1,398.42…
In January-November Russia exported 5.03 million tons of pig iron valued at $1885 million, up by 23.7% and by 35.6% YoY respectively. According to the customs statistics, USA imported the most pig iron – 55.3%, up by 7.4%. The share of Italy grew 1.83-fold, to 12.4%. Hong Kong imported 572 thousand tons of pig iron.…
Kamchatskoye Zoloto has become a resident of the territory of advanced development Kamchatka. The process has been carried out in stages. The company will carry out a project to modernize and develop Zolotoye, Kungurtsevskoye, Uglovoye and Baranievskoye gold deposits in 2019-2034. Some 2.15 billion rubles will be invested. In 10 years budgets of all levels…
In 2018 Ural Steel exceeded its annual target on rolled metal manufacture having produced 0.9 million tons. Pig iron output exceeded 3 million tons. Continuous cast billet manufacture totaled 1.1 million tons. At present the company is modernizing blast furnaces Nos. 2 and 3 to reach their maximum efficiency. (Ukrainian metal)
Every year Russia transports 2.8 million tons of anthracite coal from the territory of the occupied Donbass. “Until 2014 we used to mine some 20 million tons of coal in Donetsk and Lugansk regions. And now we can say that Russia, having no resources of its own, because of the sanctions and enormous expenses on…
As a result of the blast at the mine named after Space Heroes, three out of five miners taken to the hospital ended up in resuscitation department. “On January 10, there was a methane blast at the DTEK Pavlogradugol mine. 5 miners have been injured. 3 of them, members of the Independent Miners Union of…
In PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, a complex of close loop BOF gas cooling for blast furnaces Nos. 4, 5, and 6 was commissioned. The company cost as of UAH 192 million. Within the project, the framework of existing pumping station No. 2-BIS was repaired, three expansion tank-accumulators, nine high-performance pumping units, six water-air heat exchangers,…