Olkon, a part of Severstal, intends to invest 3.2 billion rubles in development this year, up 3-fold YoY. The investment program includes 130 projects. “This year we will continue improving the quality of the concentrate, as this is our competitive advantage”, the company executive director Denis Golubichniy said. In June Olkon will out into operation…
In 2018 ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih sold 4.5 million tons of metal, down by 16.7% YoY. Ready-made products (rebars, rolled wire, etc.) accounted for 65% of sales. The share of square billet dropped by 2%, to 27%, while that of pig iron grew by 2%, to 9%. 62 countries purchased AMKR metal in 2018. The Near…
Makeevka Metal Works has closed most of its shops, except for the rolling shop. “According to the data from open sources and images from space, the works has considerably decreased output”, the Ministry on occupied territories reported. The plant is situated on the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region. The ministry says, there are no…
In January Zaporozhkoks produced 73.1 thousand tons of blast furnace coke, having fully met its manufacturing plan. At the same time the output was down by 6.2% YoY. The decrease is due to the scheduled repair of the coke oven battery No. 2. The company accounts for 10% of all Ukrainian coke. In 2018 Zaporozhkoks…
In 2018 Rusal produced 3.753 million tons of aluminum, up by 1.3% YoY. At the same time, sales dropped by 7.2%, to 3.671 million tons. In Q4 2018 the output grew by 0.4% QoQ, to 0.943 million tons, while sales decreased by 16.2%, to 0.877 million tons. In 2018 the average price was $2259 per…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has started supplying its metal products for the reconstruction of H-31 Dnipro-Tsarychanka-Kobelyaki-Reshetylovka highway in Poltava region. This is one of the most large-scale infrastructure projects in Ukraine. Since the end of 2018, the company has already shipped about 90 tons of rebar of A500C class of 25 mm diameter and A240C class…
The prices of precious metals varied in Azerbaijan on February 8. The price of gold increased by 7.523 manats, to 2,225.9715 manats per ounce on February 8 compared to the price on February 7. The price of silver grew by 0.0503 manats, to 26.6587 manats per ounce. The price of platinum decreased by 14.365 manats,…
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) plans capital expenditures at around $850 million in 2019, the company said in a presentation on February 7. CFO Andrei Yeryomin said in a conference call that capex included $300 million to be spent on maintenance of existing capacities, and the remaining money would be spent on upgrades of…