In January-October Russia exported 34.184 million tons of ferrous metals, down by 11% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, exports without pig iron, ferroalloys, waste and scrap totaled 22.461 million tons, down by 11.2%. Sales of carbon steel semi-finished products dropped by 8.3%, to 12.059 million tons. Flat-rolled steel exports fell by 16%, to…
The project to develop the Tomtorskoye rare-earth metals deposit will be carried out. According to the Yakutia governor Aisen Nikolayev, the mining could start in 2-3 years. The Tomtor ore is rich in niobium and other rare-earth metals used in the manufacture of military machines, rocket-building, nuclear industry, etc. According to estimations, reserves of the…
During the construction of the Sila Sibiri gas pipeline the Federal Cargo Company has transported 450 thousand tons of pipes, mostly in 2016-2019. The pipes were delivered to all the construction sites – in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Irkutsk and Amur regions. Over 11 thousand gondola cars were loaded with large-diameter pipes manufactured at…
Zaporizhstal is carrying out a program to set up LED-lighting on its territory and in its shops. Instead of sodium lamps the company is switching to energy efficient LED-lamps with a lifetime of over 45 thousand hours. 4 million UAH were spent on the project. The first stage saw replacement of lamps in the oxygen-compressor…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has installed new equipment to control air quality at two stations. In late November the company purchased 4 GA-100 gas analyzers for 770 thousand UAH. They allow for quick and quality data processing. After tests in December the equipment will be put into operation. This year AMKR has also finished implementing automated…
Ukrainian Railways concluded 6 agreements with Interpipe Ukraine LLC on the purchase of wheels valued at 199.24 million UAH. Until the end of 2020 Interpipe has to supply 5538 solid wheels with ultrasound control and the diameter of 957 mm produced at Interpipe NTZ not earlier than 2019 at 35,976 UAH apiece. Last year Interpipe…
In January-November Ukraine imported 19.1 million tons of coal, up by 0.04% YoY, valued at $2.59 billion, down by 3.8%. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied $1.51 billion worth of coal (58.19%), USA – $808.52 million (31.22%), Kazakhstan – $123.07 million (4.75%) and other countries – $151.07 million (5.83%). At the same time,…
Since October a new Italian slitting line has been operating at the Verkhnevolzhsky Service Metal Center. It can cut not only steel coils, but also aluminum, copper and stainless steel. The thickness of metal is 0.2 to 1.5 mm. The capacity of the line is 400 meters per minute. (Ukrainian metal)