In 2018 Russia procured 25.95 million tons of scrap, with the average price at 17.727 rubles per ton, up by 2,817 rubles YoY. As metal companies did not want to buy scrap at that price, exports in December 2018 increased. Because of the increase of the domestic prices, some metal companies are lobbying the imposition…
Ferrexpo AG, owning 99.11% of Poltava Mining and Processing Works, the largest manufacturer of iron ore pellets in Ukraine, intends to use squeeze-out from minority shareholders. At present Ferrexpo AG owns 189.313 million ordinary shares. (Ukrainian metal)
The campaign for repair of blasts furnaces has begun at ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih. The main scope of repairs will be performed in the first half of the year. Category 3 intensive capital repair of the blast furnace No. 6 has begun. It will last for six days. Here charging equipment and main hoist skips will…
The state enterprise Yuzhnodonbasskoye Mine Group No. 1 has concluded an agreement with the power-generating company Ukrenergougol LLC on the delivery of electricity valued at 106 million UAH until the end of the year. This year a number of objects in the town of Ugledar (Donetsk region) and the recreation center in Berdyansk (Zaporozhye region)…
