International rating agency Moody’s has upgraded NLMK Group’s long-term credit rating from Baa3 to Вaа2 with a stable outlook (both are investment grade). The decision follows a rating action to upgrade Russia’s sovereign rating, which took place on February 8. Shamil Kurmashov, NLMK Group CFO, said: “We welcome Moody’s decision to upgrade NLMK’s rating. This…
World Class Manufacturing system (WCM) used in most of ArcelorMittal’s units will be implemented in all shops and departments of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih from 2019. WCM system is based on two main principles that are continuous improvements and losses elimination that give the company a number of advantages in innovation, quality, price, flexibility, delivery performance,…
In 2018 Armenal produced 28.5 thousand tons of aluminum foil, down by 15.4% YoY. The decrease has to do with US sanctions on Rusal. Rusal combined output was 3753 thousand tons, up by 1.3% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 aluminum ore mining increased by 26% YoY, to 6.1 million tons. The largest miner is Aluminiy Kazakhstana operating at Torgayskoye and Krasnooktyabrskoye bauxite ore groups. The company bauxite output last year grew by 14%, to 5.7 million tons. At the same time, in 2021 mining at the Torgayskoye group will be stopped. Raw…
In H2 2018 the number of people employed in metal industry grew by 0.5%, to 189.7 thousand people. According to the State Statistics Service, average salary in the industry increased by 29% last year, to 12.496 thousand UAH. Metal companies also paid a lot of taxes, becoming major taxpayers. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 Ukraine consumed 108 thousand tons of metal structures, up from 70 thousand tons in 2017. Output grew from 76 thousand tons to 109 thousand tons. Thus both consumption and output returned to the level of 2011-2012 – 106 and 109 thousand tons and 109 and 120 thousand tons respectively. The highest figures were…
In January Chukotka Autonomous District mined 44 thousand tons of coal, down almost 2-fold YoY. Beringpromugol LLC and Shakta Ugolnaya are developing coal deposits in the region. Thus, Beringpromugol mined 28 thousand tons of coal, down by 46%, while Shakta Ugolnaya – 16 thousand tons, down by 50%. Last year coal output increased by 76%,…
Norilsk Nickel mines will receive 105 units of machinery this year. In particular, Oktyabrskiy mine will get 36 machines, Taymyrskiy – 31, Komsomolskiy – 30, Mayak – 7 and Kayerkanskiy – 1. Some machines have already been delivered. Thus Oktyabrskiy now has a new Caterpillar R 1700. Another machine will soon be delivered. The mine…
