In July Ukraine produced 1.7 million tons of steel, up by 2.6% MoM. Pig iron output grew by 2.9%, to 1.57 million tons, but that of rolled metal dropped by 0.9%, to 1.49 million tons. In January-July Ukraine produced 12.64 million tons of steel, 11.82 million tons of pig iron and 10.97 million tons of…
Polymetal will continue looking for buyers for the Lichkvaz deposit, its last asset in Armenia. Chaarat Gold had a buy-back right, but decided against the purchase because of the high arsenic content in the ore. “This is a good asset. We consider the chances of selling it as high”, Polymetal said. Chaarat received the right…
In May Russia imported 13.3 thousand tons of ferrosilicomanganese, down by 32.4% MoM, but up by 22% YoY. Deliveries from Georgia dropped by 33%, to 7.4 thousand tons, but from Kazakhstan grew by 8%, to 3.8 thousand tons. In 5 months ferrosilicomanganese imports totaled 84.2 thousand tons, up by 17.3% YoY. In monetary terms since…
This year NLMK intends to finally decide on the construction of a transformer steel plant in India. According to the group CEO Grigoriy Fedorishin, investments are estimated at $100-150 million. Now NLMK is looking for a suitable site. The group can also carry out this project in Russia, but is more interested in India, to…
The center of metal products standardization and certification of the Central Research-Scientific Institute of the ferrous metallurgy named after Bardin has prepared the second edition of the draft national standard GOST R “Rolled plates of cryogenic steel”. The standard will be implemented for the first time. The document has been initiated by metal companies producing…
The throughput of Novorossiysk Sea Trade Port in January-May totaled 59.752 million tons, up by 2.2% YoY. Ferrous metals and pig iron accounted for 5.483 million tons, down by 1.5%. The drop is due among other things to the implementation of import duties in the US. Non-ferrous metals throughput dropped by 17.8%, to 0.354 million…
Izhorsky Pipe Works has started shipping large-diameter pipes for the construction of the Kovykta-Chayanda site of Gazprom’s Sila Sibiri gas pipeline. According to the tender, won by the company in late 2018, it has to supply some 100 thousand tons of pipes with the diameter of 1420 mm made of K60 steel. ITZ has also…
Banks have provided the first tranche under the design financing to develop the Udokan copper deposit in the amount of 340 million rubles. Subsequent funds will be provided according to the construction schedule. The total cost of the project is some $3 billion, of which $1.79 billion is a loan for 12 years. The loan…