In September the Northern Railroads transported 5.4 million tons of cargo, up by 5% YoY. Throughput in January-September was 49.3 million tons, up by 5.6%. In particular, 6 million tons of ferrous metals were transported, up by 1.3%, 3.7 million tons of coal, up by 32%, and 2.7 million tons of non-ferrous ores, up by…
Izhstal has capitally repaired the steel-smelting complex to produce structure, alloyed and stainless grades of steel. The complex consists of an arc-furnace, a continuous casting machine and machinery for off-furnace steel treatment. Its capacity is 300 thousand tons of castings per year. The complex manufactures more than 80% of Izhstal steel. (Ukrainian metal)
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has started hot-testing of its small-section mill No. 250-4, in the reconstruction of which it has invested over $50 million. A part of the amount was spent to purchase Danieli machinery. The new equipment has been designed and supplied by Schneider Electric. Previously the mill was only able to make products of…
This year Central Mining and Processing Works has purchased 5 BelAZ sprinkling machines. They are now used to suppress dust at the quarries and in the slurry shop, while in winter they will be sprinkling roads with salt solution. Three new BelAZs with 32-cubic meter tanks can cover the area of 25 meters each. There…
Gazprombank plans to sell a 34% stake in the Elga coal project to metals and mining group Mechel for slightly over 30 billion rubles, a source familiar with the situation reported. He also said the deal should be closed by January 20, 2020. On September 30 a spokesman for Mechel said that the company accepted…
Perzhanskaya Ore Company LLC has for the second time entered information on its plans to start mining beryllium at the Perzhanskoye deposit in Zhytomir region in the Environment impact registry. The company states that the total size of the deposit is 402.7 ha, and the expected capacity of the mines is 200 thousand tons of…
Volnogorsk Mining and Metallurgical Works has ordered Energy Trade Group LLC the delivery of electrical energy valued at 144 million UAH. In October-December the company has to supply 72 million kW-h of electricity at 2 UAH per kW-h. This is slightly below the August-September price of 2.07 UAH per kW-h. At the same time in…