Tenaris S.A. and Severstal have announced that they will create a joint venture to build a welded pipe plant to produce OCTG products in the Surgut area, West Siberia, Russian Federation. Severstal will have a 51% interest in the joint venture company, with Tenaris owning the remaining 49%. The commencement of the project is subject…
Metinvest-SMC has developed and implemented a special program of preferences for metal structure exporters. “Our customers – metal structure works – have orders not only locally but also from abroad. And we react to that: our warehouses carry a range of rolled metal certified to EN”, the company CEO Dmitry Lippa said. Since mid-2018 the…
In 2018 the steel sales of Metinvest-SMC increased by 4% YoY. “According to our preliminary estimates, the local market has grown by some 4%. Our sales increased in this range as well”, the company CEO Dmitry Lippa said. In January-November 2018 sales exceeded 2 million tons. The company is expecting good results in 2019. “We…
In 2018 Metinvest enterprises mastered the manufacture of over 40 new types of products. According to the Metinvest-SMC CEO Dmitry Lippa, the novelties are in various stages of mastering: some have only been produced as trial versions, while the others have already seen an increase in sales. Now Metinvest is working to get to the…
Last year the growth of wages at Metinvest enterprises exceeded 30%. According to the group personnel director Alexander Pimkin, key jobs saw a rise of 40-45%. “Now the salary of our key employees in metal, mining and coke departments ranges within $1000-1200 in UAH equivalent”, he said. (Ukrainian metal)
As of February 1, 7 employees of the Zaporozhye Ferro Alloys Plant have fallen ill with measles. All the diseased are over 30 years old. One illness has been officially confirmed by the company laboratory. (Ukrainian metal)
The Severstal board of directors has recommended paying dividends for Q4 2018 in the amount of 32.08 rubles per share. The decision to pay dividends is expected to be taken at the shareholders meeting on June 7. The day recommended for the creation of the list of shareholders to receive dividends is June 18. (Ukrainian…
The prices of precious metals increased in Azerbaijan on February 5,according to the Central Bank. The price of gold grew by 3.4935 manats, to 2,234.9305 manats per ounce on February 5 compared to the price on February 4. The price of silver went up by 0.1598 manats, to 27.0503 manats per ounce. The price of…