In 2018 Russia exported 8.246 thousand tons of stainless steel products, up by 18% YoY. The share of the flat rolled metal grew from 18.8% to 28.2%, that of bars – from 24.6% to 27%, of wire from 1.1% to 1.4%, electric welded pipes – from 11.6% to 13.9% and of pipe fittings from 1.8%…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works will host an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders on February 25. The meeting will start at 10 a. m. DMZ manufactures steel, pig iron, rolled metal and wares. In 2011 it was merged with Dneprokoks. (Ukrainian metal)
According to TMK, in 2019 the Russian pipe market will mostly follow trends of the previous year. In 2018 pipes consumption dropped slightly following the decrease in housing construction. At the same time OCTG and large diameter pipes witnessed an increase in demand. This year TMK expects the growth of local pipe consumption by 2%…
The first batch of polymetallic ore from the Uzynzhal deposit in Karaganda region has been sent for processing at the Altai works of Kazzinc via railroad. The deposit is being developed by Zhairem Mining and Processing Works. (Ukrainian metal)
The prices of precious metals, with the exception of platinum, decreased on February 21. The price of gold fell by 4.6665 manats, to 2278.5185 manats per ounce compared to the price on February 20. The price of silver dropped by 0.3342 manats, to 27.2698 manats per ounce. The price of platinum grew by 10.7565 manats,…
In February ZEMZ mastered the manufacture of square bars with the size of 120 mm of high-boron corrosion-resistant steel of ChS82 grade. In order to start producing this metal the plant laboratory had to create a special manufacturing technique. Earlier Zlatoust Electrometallurgical Works produced only ingots of this grade. New products will allow the company…
In 2019 Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works intends to repair 25 km of railroad. 21 km will be reconstructed using ferroconcrete assembled rails and sleepers. Investments in the project will amount to 550 million rubles. All the railroads (440 km) are expected to be repaired within 10 years. (Ukrainian metal)
Severstal Steel Decisions has finished delivering metal structures for the construction of the refrigerator warehouse for fish products in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The premises were designed together by Obninsk Steel Project and Severstal Steel Decisions. The 3D models were developed in Tekla Structures. The distance of the delivery was 7.2 thousand km. (Ukrainian metal)