The Krasnoyarsk region subsidiary of the State Expertise Service of Russia has approved the project to construct a site to process gravitation gold-bearing concentrate in Zabaikalye. It is expected to process 3 tons of gold-containing raw materials per day. The complex is expected to be operating for 14 years. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 the profit of Mechel, attributable to shareholders, reached 12.63 billion rubles, up by 9% YoY. Revenue increased by 5%, to 312.57 billion rubles, but EBITDA dropped by 7%, to 75.67 billion rubles. In the mining segment the revenue decreased by 3%, to 96.88 billion rubles, but in metal segment it grew by 9%,…
Nadezhdinsky Iron and Steel Works has confirmed its correspondence to the requirements of the Russian Marine Registry. The company can produce rolled metal for shipbuilding of normal A strength steel, as well as improved A32 and E36 steel grades. The company makes square billets and blooms of this steel. Last year shipbuilding companies received 1.3…
Kyshtym Electrolytic Copper Plant has produced 1 million tons of copper wire rod since its new shop was commissioned in 2007. Since mid-1990s the company has been producing copper wire rod using the Finnish oxygen-free technique of vertical casting. The capacity of the site was some 10 thousand tons of wire rod per year. With…
In January-February Amurstal shipped 121.7 thousand tons of metal via railroad, up from 106 thousand tons as planned. Sales grew both to the local market and abroad. According to the company CEO Sergey Kuznetsov, Amurstal can increase output to 80-85 thousand tons of metal per month, thus reaching 1 million tons per year. (Ukrainian metal)
According to the Statistics Committee, in January-February Kazakhstan produced 74.1 thousand tons of copper, up by 5.4% YoY. Zinc manufacture dropped by 4%, to 52 thousand tons, and zinc concentrate output – by 31.8%, to 29.8 thousand tons. Bauxite production fell by 19.2%, and lead concentrate – by 8%. Kazakhstan extracted 126.3 tons of silver,…
In 2019-2022 demand for large diameter pipes in Russia will remain at the level of 1.9-2.1 million tons. According to TMK, last year pipe consumption grew by 25%, to some 2 million tons. Gazprom will be the main buyer, accounting for 63-66% of all purchases. The second largest consumer – the state company Transneft –…
In 2081 ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih received $0.35 billion of net profit. Net income from the sale of goods totaled $2.5 billion. Investments last year reached $443 million. “Among the major investment projects is the construction of two new continuous casting machines ($144 million) and a complex of coke-oven batteries Nos. 5 and 6 ($160 million),…