In 2018 Zaporozhye Ferro Alloys Plant decreased output by 7.2% YoY, to 246.1 thousand tons. In particular, ZZF increased silicomanganese manufacture by 0.3%, to 123.095 thousand tons, but decreased those of ferrosilicon by 18.8%, to 75.4 thousand tons, and ferromanganese by 4.2%, to 39.3 thousand tons. The metallic manganese output dropped by 2.4%, to 7.4…
In the town of Sibay (Republic of Bashkortostan) a copper quarry will be flooded in 5-7 days. According to the mayor Rustem Afzalov, at present oxidizing processes in the quarry are being eliminated. In order to completely eliminated fires there it was decided to partially flood the Sibay quarry and the Novosibay mine. In a…
In December 2018 Amurstal received 59 thousand tons of ferrous scrap via railroad. This is up from 10.3 thousand tons in December 2017. In January-December 2018 the company received 548.7 thousand tons of scrap, up 6.2-fold YoY. This is also the highest result in the past 3 years. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 MMK sold 1.269 million tons of galvanized rolled metal. This is the highest result for the company, which exceeds the previous result, set in 2017, by 11.9% (1.134 million tons). MMK has been increasing galvanized metal sales for the past 15 years. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 Olkon increased iron ore concentrate output by 3% YoY, to 4.238 million tons. The annual target was exceeded by 77 thousand tons. The average contents of the iron in ore were 67.67%. Rock transportation grew by 2%, to 19.14 million tons, and ore output – by 7%, to 14.85 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works increased sales by 2.4% YoY, to 10.27 million tons. The company industrial port in April-November 2018 shipped 1.65 million tons of metal, up by 52.9 thousand tons. Railroad transported 10.749 million tons of metal, up by 380 thousand tons. December 2018 saw the record high volume of metal…
In 2018 TMK sold 4.01 million tons of pipes, up by 6%, mostly due to the growth of OCTG seamless pipe sales in Russia. The volume of seamless pipe sales grew by 3%, to 2.767 million tons. The sales of welded pipes increased by 11%, to 1.243 million tons, and of OCTG pipes also by…
In January-November 2018 Russia exported 42.236 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 10.6% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, the exports of ferrous metals without pig iron, ferroalloys, waste and scrap totaled 27.763 million tons, up by 6.6%. Exports of semi-finished carbon steel grew by 10.8%, to 14.393 million tons. Sales of carbon…
