In January-June, Ukraine increased metal structures output by 14% YoY, to 182.6 thousand tons. In particular, manufacture of prefabricated construction structures grew by 23.3%, to 33.6 thousand tons, towers and masts – by 78.9%, to 3.1 thousand tons, and reservoirs and tanks – by 4.6%, to 11 thousand tons, while metal containers for liquefied or…
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on July 29 laid the first stone in the foundation of a $2-billion copper-processing plant. The new factory is to be erected within the country’s only copper producer, Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC). It will process 60 million tons of ore annually. At the second stage, according to plans, the…
In January-June, Ukraine produced 414.8 thousand tons of ferroalloys, down by 1.4% YoY. Nikopol Ferroalloys Plant (NZF) and Zaporozhye Ferro Alloy Works (ZZF) increased silicomanganese output by 2.4%, to 321.5 thousand tons. NZF, ZZF and Kramatorsk Ferroalloys Works (KFZ) decreased ferromanganese manufacture by 32.8%, to 51.3 thousand tons, with KFZ not operating the whole time.…
Interpipe’s pipes with premium clutchless UPJ-F joints are successfully used in Uzbekistan. In early 2021, the company supplied its new clutchless pipes to its constant customer – Uzbekneftegaz. In Q2, these casing pipes with the diameter of 139.7 and 193.7 mm were lowered into shaft and demonstrated high performance. With the help of UPJ-F pipes…
Azovstal has finished the capital repair of the continuous casting machine No. 3. Investments in the project totaled 45 million UAH. When such a machine makes 7.5 thousand smeltings, its rolls have to be replaced. Other disassembled components are either repaired or sent to the smelter. The previous repair of the CCM3 was carried out…
