Russia: Tagmet improves steel billets manufacture

Taganrog Iron and Steel Works has mastered the non-stop changes of the tundish ladles at the site of the continuous casting of 400-mm diameter steel billets. This has allowed increasing daily output by 10%. Tagmet has been using the continuous casting technique since 2006. In 2013 it started implementing non-stop switching tundish ladles. Previously this…

Ukraine: state mines cut off grid

A number of state coalmines on April 1 were cut off grid. According to the National Miners’ Union chairman Mikhail Volynets, mines of the state enterprises Volynugol (Volyn region), Lisichanskugol, Pervomayskugol and Mirnogradugol (all three – Lugansk region), as well as the mines Kapitalnaya and Centralnaya have been cut off grid. The enterprises are working…

Ukraine: coal output down in January-February 2019

In January-February mined 4.228 million tons of power-generating coal and 872.8 thousand tons of coking coal, down by 0.8% and by 19.4% YoY respectively. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, in February Ukraine decreased power-generating coal output by 3.2% YoY, to 2.095 million tons. Coking coal mining decreased by 25.2%, to 392.1…