Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works has supplied trial batches of steel ropes with polymer coating to Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria and Estonia. These ropes have higher wear-resistance compared with ropes without polymer coating. BMK is the first company in Russia to produce such ropes. Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works exported ropes with diameter of…
In January-February Russia exported 675.8 thousand tons of aluminum valued at $1.232 billion, up by 49.4% and by 49.7% YoY respectively. According to the Federal Customs Service, nickel exports grew by 41.4%, to 26.3 thousand tons valued at $312.6 million, up by 27.4%. And the exports of copper went up by 4.9%, to 131.8 thousand…
Mines of the two state enterprises – Toretskugol and Lisichanskugol – have received warnings that they will not be provided with electricity due to debts. At some enterprises electricity has already been partially cut off. The trade unions noted that the order of the Cabinet of Ministers to provide 450 million UAH from the state…
Energomashspetsstal has concluded an agreement with the daughter company of the global industrial concern SalzgitterAG. Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH has become the new business partner of the company. According to the agreement, EMSS will produce and ship 2 supporting rolls to Germany. The total weight of the rolls to be delivered in Q4 is 80 tons.…
In January-March Electrostal Tyumeni produced 131.3 thousand tons of rolled metal, including 33 thousand tons of bars, up by 53% YoY. The company intends to have reached its full design capacity by late 2019. Last year Electrostal Tyumeni sold 549 thousand tons of rolled metal, up by 17% YoY. The company has mastered the manufacture…
Severstal Steel Decisions has started manufacturing metal structures for the construction of two buildings of foundries of the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works blast furnace No. 3. The total volume of the order is over 5 thousand tons. The first thousand tons have already been produced at the site in Orel. Metal structures will be…
In January-March Ukraine exported $2.42 billion worth of ferrous metals, up by 14.6% YoY. According to the State Fiscal Service, ferrous metals accounted for 19.69% of the total export revenue as opposed to 22.6% in Q1 2018. In March revenue totaled $758.63 million. Imports in Q1 dropped by 3.4%, to $271.33 million ($96.17 million in…
Gold prices increased in Azerbaijan on April 10 compared to the prices on April 9. The price of gold grew by 5.2785 manats, to 2,214.2415 manats per ounce. The price of silver decreased by 0.1211 manats, to 25.824 manats per ounce. The price of platinum fell by 21.08 manats, to 1,514.717 manats. And the price…