Wimax Ltd., created a year ago, has become owner of the Chasov Yar Refractory Works shares. Shares belonging to the Lukyanovs family (24.573%, 22.901%, 6.654% and 6.509%) have dropped to zero. At the same time the share of Wimaz Ltd. grew from zero to 67.866%. (Ukrainian metal)
Zapolyarnaya mine, a part of Vorkutaugol, was the first to reach its annual coal output plan. So far the mine has extracted 1.68 million tons of coal. At present the mine operates at three long faces. One of them has been commissioned 4 times ahead of schedule. Until the end of the year the enterprise…
In January-September Urtuyskiy pit extracted 2.487 million tons of coal, up by 28.3% YoY. In Q3 839.9 thousand tons of coal were extracted, up by 16.4%. This year the enterprise has started a new investment program aimed at increasing coal output from 2.2 million tons to 3.5 million tons. So far 71.1% of coal has…
OMZ-Spetsstal has finished producing two shells of the steam-generator body for the Tianwan nuclear power plant unit No. 8. The outer diameter of each shell is 4.5 meters, the height is 2.5 and 3.2 meters and the combined weight – 87 tons. The corresponding contract was signed in July. Under the contract OMZ-Spetsstal will produce…
In January-October Ukraine decreased pipe output by 6.5% YoY, to 800 thousand tons, with some 70 thousand tons produced in October. In particular, Ukrtruboprom association enterprises decreased output by 7.5%, to 626.5 thousand tons, including 42.9 thousand tons in October. Interpipe-NTZ manufacture dropped by 19.6%, to 193.2 thousand tons (11 thousand tons in October), Interpipe…
In January-October Ukraine produced 134 million tons of non-sintered iron ore, down by 0.1% YoY. In particular, in October 13.3 million tons of ore were mined, up by 1.2% YoY. At the same time manufacture of non-sintered iron ore concentrate grew by 4.9%, to 52.8 million tons, while of sintered dropped less than by 0.1%,…
In September Russia exported 2.4 thousand tons of titanium, up by 1% MoM and by 4% YoY. Deliveries to USA grew by 23%, to 684 tons, while to Germany dropped from 611 tons to 596 tons. In January-September exports totaled 20.7 thousand tons, down by 1.6% YoY. In monetary terms since the start of the…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has applied an innovative method of coke oven batteries Nos. 1-2 repair. It is based on ceramic welding of deep cracks with subsequent injection of powder mixtures to seal small cracks in the refractory brickwork of coke ovens. Such a method to reduce emissions is already being used in Europe, but in…