Local workers at Altynken held a strike demanding to increase their wages. The information was confirmed by the First Deputy Director of the company Turusbek Akmatov. At least 5-6 people did not come to lunch a day before in protest against the fact that their wages were not increased. Some other people held a rally…
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has allowed Metinvest to buy over 50% shares of Dneprovsky By-Product Coke Plant. In particular, the AMKU decision says that Private Limited Liability Company Metinvest BV, the Netherlands, has been granted the right to purchase shares of the Dneprovsky Coke Plant, as a result of which the share of the…
The mining and metallurgical complex of Ukraine expects no critical consequences from the new limitations of coal supplies to Ukraine, as well as imports of some metal products, including pipes. According to Ukrkoks CEO Anatoliy Starovoyt, limitations cover power-generating coal in the first place, and not coking coal. “So we see no special problem here.…
Since the start of the year, Kuzbass coal companies have extracted 60.8 million tons of coal, up by 1.2 million tons YoY. Open pits yielded 40.2 million tons, and mines – 20.6 million tons. Coking coal accounted for 19.2 million tons, and power-generating coal – 41.6 million tons. In March the region extracted 21.3 million…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has produced for the construction of a lyceum for 1,000 pupils in the town of Abakan. The size of the building will be 23.3 thousand square meters. ChMK rebars are characterized by high quality. They are widely used in construction. (Ukrainian metal)
Ural Metal-Processing Company LLC has started carrying out a project to increase the portfolio of the steel sections it manufactures. In particular, the company will start producing T-shaped galvanized sections, as well as section elements used in the manufacture of fences. The commission of the manufacturing line is scheduled for May-July. The sizes of the…
In January-March, Electrocable increased output by 30% YoY, to 156 thousand km of cable and wire. The increase in the output is mostly due to modernization and new machinery purchase last year. Thus, in 2018 the company modernized 5 manufacturing lines in the shop No. 5. (Ukrainian metal)
In March Electrostal (Kurakhovo, Donetsk region) resumed operation having produced 11 thousand tons of continuous cast billet. In January-March the enterprise was idle, while in Q1 2018 it produced 71 thousand tons of billets. The reason for the company downtime was the growth of ferrous scrap prices, which made billets manufacture unprofitable. In 2018 Electrostal…