On June 12, 2 miners perished at the Pokrovskoye Mine Group. As a result of an accident a miner of the breakage face died. The same day an engineer of underground machinery received fatal damages. Last year Metinvest bought 24.99% of the Pokrovskoye shares for $190 million from Victor Nusenkis. (Ukrainian metal)
In early June the Yerunakovskaya-VIII miners extracted the 1-millionth ton of coal from the same breakage face. The milestone has been reached in 4 months. The 1-millionth ton of coal was mined at the 48-06 long face that had been in development since last spring. The coal is mined at the depth of 500 meters.…
ChTPZ group intends to increase sales on foreign markets by participating in international projects. In 2019 the group will have high loading in the large diameter pipes segment. In particular, orders have been received to supply 130 thousand tons of large diameter pipes to Kazakhstan for the construction of the Saryarka gas pipeline. The group…
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak has ordered preparation of two government orders limiting exports of scrap ferrous and non-ferrous metals from January 1, 2020. Exports must be carried out only via the commodities markets. A draft order will be prepared by the Industry and Trade, Economic Development and Finance ministries until September 1. The…
In January-May 8660 kg of ore gold was mined in Chukotka, down by 6.3% YoY. Silver output dropped by 9.3%, to 44.6 tons. Alluvial gold season will start this month. 5 enterprises mine ore gold in Chukotka. In 2018 the autonomous district yielded 24130 kg of gold and 111.4 tons of silver. (Ukrainian metal)
According to the company deputy managing director Irek Garipov, it intends to increase output by 5% YoY even despite growing competitiveness. While in 2008 there were only 7 manufacturers of roofing sheet, siding and metal tiles, in 2018 there were 11. 10 years ago there were 21 units of machinery to produce roofing sheet in…
In January-March, Russia produced 1.14 million tons of ferrous metal structures, up by 8% YoY. Construction metal structures manufacture totaled 0.9 million tons, up also by 8%. The largest manufacturers increased output by 9%, to 510 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Irbit Pipe Works Metallinvest has shipped the first batch of its new product – pipes in polyurethane foam insulation. At present the company is capable of producing up to 1 thousand tons of pipes per month and apply PUF insulation on pipes with the diameter of 57 to 820 mm. Such pipes are widely used…
