Russia: Severstal chooses contractors for CherMK BF3 construction

Severstal has chosen contractors to carry out construction work of the blast furnace No. 3 at the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. The chief contractor is Domnaremont, a part of Severstal Russian Steel. Other three subcontractors are UralDomnoRemont from Yekaterinburg, USP from Moscow and Chermetecologia from Cherepovets. The blast furnace is expected to be blown…

Russia: Kuzbass coal output up in January 2019

In January Kuzbass region coal pits yielded 13 million tons of coal, and mines – 7.2 million tons. The combined result exceeded that of January 2018 by 8.6%. Coking coal output totaled 6.2 million tons (4.8 million tons in January 2018) and power-generating coal – 14 million tons (13.8 million tons). Coal processing in the…

Ukraine: ore exports down in January 2019

In January Ukraine exported $234.668 million worth of iron ore, down by 2.4% YoY. Imports dropped by 0.4%, to $0.002 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, in January exports decreased by 6.4% MoM, and imports – by 84.6%. China was the largest importer of iron ore ($43.264 million). In 2018 Ukraine exported $2.869 billion…