Raspadskaya mine has received new machinery. In particular, the fleet now has two EBZ-160 heading machines, two JOY winning machines as well as a Sandvik pneumatic-tyred tractor. The winning machines will be assembled at the new 4-6-35 and 5a-8-34 long faces. Investments in the new machinery exceeded 800 million rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
Severstal-Vtorchermet shop No. 3 specialists have completed a capital repair of the cabbaging press used to process scrap. The repair lasted for 45 days. The large-scale program of capital repairs to improve machinery safety started in early 2019. (Ukrainian metal)
The Arbitrary court of the Volgograd region has fully satisfied the claim of Rusmet LLC to the Krasniy Octyabr Iron and Steel Works. The latter will have to clear its debts on the raw materials supply agreements. In 2014 the companies concluded an agreement on the purchase of scrap. Later two more additional agreements were…
In March, according to the customs statistics, Russia exported 10.6 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant steel scrap valued at $11.3 million, up by 7.7% and by 3.9% YoY respectively. In Q1 scrap exports totaled 24.4 thousand tons, up by 11.2%, valued at $25.3 million, up by 9.5%. Scrap containing 8% and more of nickel accounted for…
In January-March, Ukraine mined 7.76 million tons of coal, down by 7.2% YoY. In particular, coking coal output dropped by 24.9%, to 1.24 million tons. At the same time, Russia is introducing a ban on the delivery of coal to Ukraine. From June 1, coal and other fuel products could be supplied to Ukraine only…
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky has flown to the Lviv region to visit the Lesnaya mine of the state enterprise Lvivugol, where as a result of the rock mass cave-in two miners have perished. On May 29, police was informed of a cave-in resulting in two miners being trapped. Their bodies were later taken to…
Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works, the largest coke manufacturer in Europe, will considerably decrease air pollution thanks to a new Niba Dalgakiran cooling tower. The tower has been built in 9 months. Investments in the project totaled 25 million UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
RZD has suggested changing the structure of tariffs on the transportation of the metal raw materials and finished products. In particular, tariffs for the transportation of coke, iron ore concentrate and metal ores will sharply increase, while those for ferrous metal will slightly drop. RZD believes, that as a result of the tariff change, metal…