In January-June Metinvest produced 3.923 million tons of steel and 4.008 million tons of pig iron, up by 3% but down by 7% YoY respectively. Coke manufacture dropped by 7%, to 2.48 million tons. In Q2 steel output increased by 2% QoQ, to 1.982 million tons, and pig iron – by 5%, to 2.051 million…
Russia can limit the export of ferrous and non-ferrous metals scrap to countries, which are not parts of the Eurasian Economic Union from January 1, 2020. The exports will be limited to the volumes purchased at the exchange. This will make the scrap exports more transparent. For the past 10 years Russia has been procuring…
Gaysky Mining and Processing Works has finished assembling all the units of the skip hoist manufactured by Uralmashzavod. It will replace the outdated machine currently in use. This is the final stage of the Expluatatsionnaya mine reconstruction, which Gaysky GOK has been carrying out since 2011. The mine has to be commissioned in August. (Ukrainian…
Energomashspetsstal has shipped the second batch of supporting rolls to Essar Steel, India. The batch comprised 4 bulk rolls with the combined weight of 107 tons. According to the agreement signed in 2018 EMSS has to produce and ship 12 supporting rolls for the cold- and hot-rolling mills until the end of the year. So…
In January-June Chelyabinsk Zinc Works decreased net profit almost 2-fold YoY, to 1.754 billion rubles. Revenue dropped by 25%, to 13.124 billion rubles. Gross profit fell by 20%, to 3.729 billion rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
According to Chinese customs office, in June imports of raw nickel increased by 18.5% MoM and by 35.6% YoY, to 21.127 thousand tons. Russia contributed the most to this increase – 10894 tons, up by 1360% MoM and by 228% YoY. In 6 months China imported 96.4 thousand tons of raw nickel, down by 25.7%…
In January-June Norilsk Nickel received 201.86 billion rubles of net profit, up 2.3-fold YoY. Revenue grew by 41.6%, to 397.19 billion rubles. Gross profit went up by 46%, to 259.56 billion rubles, and sales profit – by 51.2%, to 235.97 billion rubles. EBITDA increased 2.3-fold, to 254.33 billion rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
U.K.-based mining giant Evraz, which operates mainly in Russia, increased steel production by 2.7% YoY, to 6.995 million tons in January-June, the company said in a statement on July 31. In April-June steel production of the company went up by 0.5% QoQ, to 3.507 million tons. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)