Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has successfully passed the supervisory audit for the compliance with ISO 9001:2015 and DSTU ISO 9001:2015. The audit has been carried out by TÜV SÜD specialists. Following the inspection the specialists recommended prolonging the company certificates for 1 year. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-August Ukraine exported 1.6 million tons of pig iron, down by 25.8% YoY, valued at $507.9 million tons, down by 34.8%. The decrease could be attributed to the limitation of pig iron exports to the US and the drop in prices. While in January-August 2018 Ukraine shipped 1.266 million tons of pig iron to…
Orel Steel Works is carrying out a program to increase exports. The program will run until 2023 and presupposes increase of export volumes and geography of sales in stages. Official representatives are also expected to be created. In January-August the company exported 2.6 thousand tons of metal, up almost 2-fold YoY. The company started exporting…
In January-July Russia exported 24.836 million tons of ferrous metals, down by 9.5% YoY. Not counting pig iron, ferroalloys, wastes and scrap, exports totaled 16.292 million tons, down by 8.9%. Sales of carbon steel semi-finished products decreased by 7.6%, to 8.764 million tons, and of carbon steel rounds – by 12.9%, to 4.157 million tons.…
In January-June the capacity of the cold-rolled metal market in Russia totaled 1.8 million tons. Of them NLMK accounted for 0.55 million tons, or 30.3%. In 2019 the market is expected to reach 3.595 million tons. NLMK is developing its business in the segment. In particularly, it is mastering the manufacture of cold-rolled metal with…
In January-August Chukotka Autonomous District produced 16.21 tons of gold, down by 1% YoY. In particular, 14.43 tons of ore gold and 1.78 tons of alluvial gold were obtained. Silver output remained almost unchanged at 74.91 tons. Ore gold is mined by 5 companies in the region and alluvial gold by 7 companies. (Ukrainian metal)
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), as part of its environmental program, has begun reconstruction of the gas outlet at the sinter plant No. 3. This will significantly reduce the plant’s anthropogenic impact on the environment. The project’s investment will amount to 190 million rubles. The reconstruction project will replace the duct, which connects the…
As part of the project to implement business process automation at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), MMK-Informservice has entered into a general partnership agreement with UiPath, a world leader in producing software platforms for robotic process automation (RPA). The partnership will improve the efficiency of MMK’s large-scale project to automate business processes by…