In 2019 Norilsk Nickel will invest around 2.8 billion rubles in buying new machinery and equipment for Kola Iron and Steel Company. Nornickel intends to buy 1467 pieces of various machines. Severniy Mine will see a lot of its outdated machinery replaced, including underground dump trucks, loading machines, self-propelled drilling machines, etc. (Ukrainian metal)
Severstal – Bar Works Balakovo is constructing a line to produce briquettes of steel and pig iron swarf. Investments in the construction total some 145 million rubles. The manufacture of the first briquettes is scheduled for late March. Machinery was delivered by ATM, Austria. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukrmetallurgprom believes that in March Ukraine will produce 1.9 million tons of steel, 1.8 million tons of pig iron and 1.6 million tons of rolled metal. As of February 13, 19 out of 21 blast furnaces, 8 out of 9 open-hearth furnaces, 15 out of 16 converters, 6 out of 15 electric arc furnaces and…
In January Dneprospetsstal produced 14.548 thousand tons of steel, down by 19.9% MoM. Rolled metal output dropped by 3.8%, to 11.441 thousand tons. The total cost of products manufactured in January was 759.915 million UAH, down by 1.1%. (Ukrainian metal)
An agreement with the company that has won the competition for rehabilitation of Makmal field will have been signed by the end of the month, the Chairman of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use of Kyrgyzstan, Emil Osmonbetov, announced. According to him, the competition for Makmal was held last year. The project…
Korshunovsky Mining and Processing Works has put into operation a renewed system of monitoring the quarry transport named Karier (Quarry). The system allows for more efficient control of the main indexes of the quarry machine fleet operation: lifting capacity, delay time, fuel consumption, etc. The system has been operating since 2007. The modernization of the…
In February ArcelorMittal Temirtau plans to complete the investment project to commission a ladle furnace No. 3 in its converter shop. The machine will join two other ladle furnaces already operating in the oxygen-converter shop. The capacity of the new machine is at least 24 smeltings per day, or 2.2 million tons of steel per…
Sergey Kaplin, a member of the Verkhovna Rada from the Petr Poroshenko Block faction, suggests nationalizing ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih. According to an explanatory note to a draft decree, the MP suggests the Cabinet of Ministers to buy all the shares of the enterprise. The goal behind the idea is to protect the national interests and…