Russia: NLMK Group recognized as an energy efficiency leader

NLMK Group, an international steelmaker, was ranked third in the Top 20 Energy Efficient Companies annual ranking, compiled by Expert RA based on performance data for 600 leading Russian companies. Sergey Chebotarev, NLMK Group Vice President for Energy, said: “Steelmaking is an energy-intensive industry, where expenditure on energy in integrated companies reaches 10-12% of production…

Russia: Kolmar output to increase in 2019

This year Kolmar intends to mine 9 million tons of coal, up by 60% YoY. This is possible due to the commission of the Famur machine and the purchase of other mining machines. Moreover, this year Kolmar has started seriously developing two sites – Inaglinskaya and Vostochnaya Denisovskaya mines. Last year railroad sales totaled 3.5…

Russia: UGMK-OTsM output up in January-October 2019

In January-October the demand for UGMK-OTsM non-ferrous metals processing works products increased by 14% YoY. Kirov Works increased output by 6%. Copper and brass sheets, plates and strips accounted for the most part of the output. The growth in the copper-nickel rolled metal output was 2.5-fold. Revda Works copper-nickel pipes manufacture grew 2-fold, and copper…