In 2018 VIZ-Stal increased output by 5% YoY, to 170.4 thousand tons of transformer steel. The loading of capacities was high – 99%. Sales also grew by 5%, to 168.2 thousand tons. Exports accounted for 77%. The main customers were India, Turkey, Near East and North America. (Ukrainian metal)
This year Kuzbass region intends to commission 6 coal objects. In particular, these are two pits – Chernokaltanskiy (Ugletrans LLC) and March 8 (SDS-Ugol) with the capacity of 2 million and 1 million tons of coal per year respectively. Combined they will create 450 jobs. Moreover, coal companies plan to put 4 processing factories into…
Interpipe NTZ has completed an investment project to modernize a pipe heat treatment site in the pipe-rolling shop No. 4. The cost of the project is $5 million. “The modernization of heat treatment at NTZ is one of our most important investment projects. The existing water supply system was outdated. Now we can increase the…
In 2018 Zaporozhye Ferro Alloys Plant decreased output by 7.2% YoY, to 246.1 thousand tons. In particular, ZZF increased silicomanganese manufacture by 0.3%, to 123.095 thousand tons, but decreased those of ferrosilicon by 18.8%, to 75.4 thousand tons, and ferromanganese by 4.2%, to 39.3 thousand tons. The metallic manganese output dropped by 2.4%, to 7.4…
In the town of Sibay (Republic of Bashkortostan) a copper quarry will be flooded in 5-7 days. According to the mayor Rustem Afzalov, at present oxidizing processes in the quarry are being eliminated. In order to completely eliminated fires there it was decided to partially flood the Sibay quarry and the Novosibay mine. In a…
In December 2018 Amurstal received 59 thousand tons of ferrous scrap via railroad. This is up from 10.3 thousand tons in December 2017. In January-December 2018 the company received 548.7 thousand tons of scrap, up 6.2-fold YoY. This is also the highest result in the past 3 years. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 MMK sold 1.269 million tons of galvanized rolled metal. This is the highest result for the company, which exceeds the previous result, set in 2017, by 11.9% (1.134 million tons). MMK has been increasing galvanized metal sales for the past 15 years. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 Olkon increased iron ore concentrate output by 3% YoY, to 4.238 million tons. The annual target was exceeded by 77 thousand tons. The average contents of the iron in ore were 67.67%. Rock transportation grew by 2%, to 19.14 million tons, and ore output – by 7%, to 14.85 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)