Russia: Evraz steel output up in Q1 2019

In January-March, consolidated steel output by Evraz enterprises grew by 12.4% QoQ, to 3.5 million tons. The increase has to do with the growth of pig iron output following the capital repairs of the blast furnace No. 3 at Evraz ZSMK last year. Steel sales increased by 8.4%, with semi-finished products sales up by 29%.…

Kazakhstan: 1,500 people to be employed after commissioning of Pavlodar Electrolysis Plant second phase

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev puts high hopes on construction of the second phase of Pavlodar-based Electrolysis Plant. “This project will enable us to attract 150 billion tenge of investments till 2023 and aluminum production will rise 2-fold,” Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said at the meeting with the staff of the plant. In his words, up to…