Russky Ugol is modernizing the mining and transport fleet at its enterprises. Recently a Komatsu RS-400 has been put into operation at the Sayano-Partizansky pit in Krasnoyarsk region. Earlier this year the pit has received 2 BelAZ-7555V dump trucks, a crawler-mounted Chetra T-35.01 bulldozer and a Hitachi ZW310-5A forklift truck. The modernization of the machines…
This year Ormet will buy four new dump trucks, a truck crane, forklift truck as well as crawler-mounted and wheeled excavators. Investments will reach 76 million rubles. The company has already received 4 dump trucks and a dump-trailer. The new special machines will allow decreasing environment impact. (Ukrainian metal)
MMK – Lysva Iron and Steel Works LLC has successfully passed a supervisory audit of the quality management system for compliance with the ISO 9001:2015 and the IATF 16949:2016. The audit has been carried by UTAC. “The MMK-LMZ QMS is operating efficiently and is demonstrating stable improvement”, the UTAC expect Oleg Marchenkov stated. (Ukrainian metal)
Donetskstal has become a full member in the European Coal Association EURACOAL. The decision has been made at the association meeting in Krakow. According to the company CEO Ildar Saleyev, this will enable Donetskstal to get expert support when switching to European standards, start exchanging experience with EU colleagues and get access to technological expertise…
In January-May Ukrzaliznytsia transported 29.8 million tons of iron and manganese ores, up by 5.7% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, metal cargo transportation grew by 2.2%, to 43.1 million tons. Scrap transportation fell by 13.9%, to 1.1 million tons. Ukrzaliznytsia has also decreased ferrous metals transportation by 2.5%, to 8.5 million tons, and…
Izhstal has carried out capital repairs of a Kieserling bar finishing line. The line produces trimmed rods with the diameter of 14-75 mm. Izhstal has two similar lines. Their combined output in 2018 was some 1.5 thousand tons, up by 6% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
Kosaya Gora Iron and Steel Works has held a meeting of shareholders. One of the issues of the June 24 meeting was the dividend payment for 2018. The shareholders decided not to pay dividends, and to spend the profit on the development of the company. (Ukrainian metal)
Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Works decided to finally increase wages. On May 16, the employees made a strike declaring that in 5 years their wages had decreased by a quarter. After the strike they met the company director, but to no avail. According to the new orders, from June 1 the wages at the company will increase…