Interpipe had been forced to initiate an antidumping investigation of the imports of seamless hot-deformed steel pipes from China, as they grew 2-fold in 2018 and their share in overall imports increased to 50-55%. “We have felt the threat of the Chinese imports. In 2018 Chinese imports grew 2-fold, to 35 thousand tons, while in…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine has finished repairs of the continuous casting machine No. 3. The machine is being commissioned. The repair cost 3.6 million UAH, though earlier DMK estimated the cost at 2.5 million UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
Energomashspetsstal has received a new order from Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe. The German company has ordered two supporting rolls for the hot-rolling mill-1800. According to the contract the rolls have to be delivered in Q1 2020. Their combined weight is 70.93 tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Zagorsky Pipe Works has successfully confirmed its certificate of the correspondence of pipe quality to European standards. In late October the company underwent an audit re-certification of products for the correspondence to 2014/68/ЕU as well as AD 2000/W0, 305/2011 Regulation and EN 10219-1. The audit has been carried out in 2 days. The certificate allows…
In January-September Svyatogor, a part of UGMK, invested over 120 million rubles in labor protection, industrial and fire safety, etc. This amounted to 34.8 thousand rubles per each employee. In particular, to improve working conditions the company has spent 45.325 million rubles. 56.463 million rubles were invested in the purchase of special clothes, shoes and…
KUMZ is actively certifying its plates and sheets from the new rolling site for Boeing. This meets the company goal of market development and optimal loading of the new rolling manufacture. Boeing is treated as the first foreign corporation to audit KUMZ. (Ukrainian metal)
NLMK has celebrated 85 years of obtaining its first pig iron. The celebration was marked by manufacture at the Rossiyanka blast furnace. “On November 7, 1934 the first blast furnace of the future Russian metallurgy giant produced its first 64 tons of pig iron”, NLMK managing director Vyacheslav Vorotnikov declared. (Ukrainian metal)
In August Russia imported 3.3 thousand tons of raw zinc, down by 2% MoM, but up 7-fold YoY. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan decreased deliveries by 5%, to 1.9 thousand tons and 798 tons respectively. Import price in August dropped by 5%, to $2.6 per kg. In January-August imports totaled 33.9 thousand tons, up by 322% YoY.…
