PJSC TMK and PJSC Novatek have signed a Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Agreement at the 23rd St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Dmitry Pumpyanskiy, Chairman of TMK’s Board of Directors, and Leonid Mikhelson, Chairman of Novatek’s Management Board signed the document. The agreement outlines key policies and approaches for supplying TMK’s premium casing and tubing pipe…
Metalloinvest has commissioned a new reduction and calibration section for Rolling Mill 350’s mid-size production line at Rolling Unit No. 2 at OEMK. Investment in the project totaled more than 600 million rubles. The modernization will enable the company to increase production of high-quality rolled steel by 67,000 tons per year. The new reduction and…
In April Russia imported 105 thousand tons of manganese ore and concentrate, up by 54% MoM and by 6.6% YoY. In 4 months imports dropped by 21.6% YoY, to 306.4 thousand tons. Since the start of the year in monetary terms imports decreased by 31.8%. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 metal industry demonstrated a profit of 689.6 million UAH as opposed to 9.8 billion UAH of losses in 2017. According to the State Statistics Service, 76.8% of enterprises received a profit of 34.5 billion UAH, with 23.2% having loses of 33.8 billion UAH. The metal industry profit constituted just 0.6% of the entire…
Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works has repaired the technological section No. 13 of its ore-processing factory No. 2. Investments in modernization totaled 400 million UAH. All the technological sections at its 2 factories UGOK will modernize until 2022. The work started last autumn. This year it is planned to spend some 2.5 billion UAH on…
Kyshtym Electrolytic Copper Plant has received 2 first electrolytic cells for the copper foil electrolysis shop being constructed. The equipment arrived from Japan. Assembly is scheduled for Q3. Six foundation pits have been prepared for the cells in the shop, as well as the site for the foil-coating machine, which is being manufactured in Japan…
Ferrexpo AG, which owns 99.11% of the Poltava Mining and Processing Works shares, has squeezed-out shares from the minor shareholders and accumulated all the 100%. Ferrexpo announced the squeeze-out in May. The price of the shares was 34.24 UAH as opposed to their initial cost of 9.96 UAH. In 2018 PGOK increased net profit by…
Kirov Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works will have new machinery in its rolling and press shop – a VRM-75 leveling machine. The assembly and commissioning of the machine are scheduled for Q3. The machine will allow leveling rods with the diameter of up to 75 mm at the speed of 150 meters per minute. (Ukrainian metal)