Following DTEK Rovenkiantrazit LLC and DTEK Komsomolets Donbassa Mine LLC bankruptcy, last week saw the start of a bankruptcy procedure at the Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works. The company has been one of the main rolled metal manufacturers of Metinvest. On July 1 the Commercial court of Donetsk region started bankruptcy proceedings of the company.…
Yuzhniy Kuzbass has started operating the first of 11 BelAZ quarry dump trucks purchased from BELAZ-24. The dump trucks with the lifting capacity of 220 tons (8 trucks) and 130 tons (3 trucks) have been purchased under the company modernization program. All the trucks will be delivered to Yuzhniy Kuzbass pits until the end of…
Komsomolskaya mine of Vorkutaugol has put into operation a new long face with the reserves of 535 thousand tons of coking coal. The new long face 712 is situated at the Troynoy layer in the southern block of the mine. The average daily output is 4 thousand tons of coal. The long face is expected…
The Ministry of Economical Development has approved a request of the Penza region to create two industrial parks. An industrial park Master will be created in Serdobsk together with KamAZ. The park will be situated at the Serdobsk Machine-Building Plant. Metal structures, steel wares and car spare parts will be produced there. Another park will…
Bratsk Aluminum Works has finished the reconstruction of a mud basin. The work started in 2012. Now instead of the basin grass is growing there. The basin was operating since 1978. BrAZ uses mud to produce coal concentrate and graphite briquettes. At present the company processes over half of wastes. It aims to process all…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has shut down one of its three blast furnaces for capital repairs. The repair is scheduled to be completed this year. The modernization will decrease harmful emissions by 42 tons per year. The design capacity of the blast furnaces at ChMK is 4 million tons of pig iron per year.…
Russia has asked for consultations within the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the U.S. steel anti-dumping duties, the WTO said in a statement on July 9. Russia thinks that the measure does not meet the requirements of the WTO’s Anti-Dumping Agreement, the organization said. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
A manufacturing complex on deep processing of tungsten will be created on the territory of the Uzlovaya Special Economic Zone in Tula region. The project will be carried out by Evraz. Investments will amount to 5.5 billion rubles. Some 500 jobs will be created. (Ukrainian metal)