For the third year in a row Taganrog Iron and Steel Works has been receiving losses. Thus, in 2018 Tagmet net losses amounted to 2.139 billion rubles, up by 15% YoY. In 2017 the losses exceeded 1.86 billion rubles, and in 2016 – 885 million rubles. In 2012-2015 the company was seeing profit. Last year…
In January-February Zaporozhye Iron Ore Complex increased iron ore output by 0.5% YoY, to 739 thousand tons. The iron content was 60.87%. The enterprise sold 786.6 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials, up by 4.6% from the target. In February ZZhRK mined 371.5 thousand tons of ore, up by 1%, with iron content of…
In January-February Magadan region mined 90 thousand tons of coal, down by 10% YoY. Three companies mine coal in the region – Kolyma Coal Company LLC, Association of Business Cooperation and the North-Eastern Coal Company LLC, but at present the latter is not operating. Last year the region extracted 401.7 thousand tons of coal. (Ukrainian…
Uralelectromed has started assembling a new machine – the 1000-ton Hidroliskan press in the powder wares shop. The machine will improve the technological capabilities of the shop and increase its output volume. Uralelectromed is the largest manufacturer of copper powder wares in Russia. It has been producing such wares since 1993. Since then the shop…
Yakovlevsky Mining and Processing Works has assembled a new complex to crush and transport ore at its crushing and sorting factory. Under the program of modernization, the enterprise has put into operation a new Metso crushing machine. The machine can process ore up to 10 mm fraction. Its capacity is 400 tons per hour, up…
In February Ukraine exported 227.6 million tons of pig iron valued at $71.6 million, down by 17.6% and by 24.6% MoM respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, the share of pig iron in the foreign trade volume was 2.09%. US bought more than half of Ukrainian pig iron – 69.78%, or 55.5 thousand tons.…
Moody’s Investors Service has improved the corporate credit rating of Metalloinvest from Ba2 to Ba1. At the same time the outlook has been decreased from positive to stable. The improvement of the rating reflects the decrease of the debt burden, stable cash flow, a high liquidity level as well as the improvement of the corporate…
NLMK Group, a global steel company, announces the launch of the Russian version of Steeluniversity, a famous educational website of the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI). Steeluniversity is an educational project of the World Steel Association, an international association of steel producers. It is a collection of e-learning resources and interactive simulations covering major…
