In November Ukrainian metal companies received 2.15 million tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 8% YoY. No materials were imported. In January-November metal companies received 26.89 million tons of iron ore raw materials, up by 14% YoY, including 26.86 million tons of locally produced, up by 14%, and 25 thousand tons of imported,…
In November Ukrmetallurgprom forecast that Ukraine would manufacture 1.8 million tons of pig iron and steel each, as well as 1.6 million tons of rolled metal. But the output was 1.64 million tons of pig iron, 1.66 million tons of steel and 1.48 million tons of rolled metal, all down by 8%, 7% and 3%…
The Ukrainian rolled wire has become an alternative to the Chinese products, previously used when manufacturing railroad brake shoes. According to ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, in October it shipped the first batch of metal products of 20 tons to the Tribo plant, the only manufacturer of brake shoes in Ukraine. To produce brake shoes the plant…
In January-November Uzbekistan mined 3751.3 thousand tons of coal, up by 1.4% YoY. In January-August coal supplies were down by 10% YoY, or by 280 thousand tons. In 9 months the shortage was 1.4%. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 the group of companies Kolmar intends to have attracted 15 billion rubles of investments. In 2019 the volume is expected to increase to 30 billion rubles. In the South Yakutia territory of advanced development Kolmar is carrying out two major projects – Denisovsky GOK and Inaglinsky GOK. 7.8 billion rubles were spent on…
In January-November the Nurkazgan mine of Kazakhmys extracted 4218 thousand tons of ore, up by 5% from the annual target (4 million tons). As to the iron content in the ore, the annual plan was 39200 tons. But the miners were able to reach 40850 tons, or 104% of the target. (Ukrainian metal)
Trubodetal pipeline joints manufactured for the Surgut hydropower plant-2 have been awarded the diploma of the “100 Best Products of Russia”. The joints are made of heat-resistant pipe with the shelf life of some 23 years. “The market of heat and nuclear energy is a new direction for Trubodetal. Gradually we master these complex types…
The employees of Izhstal have celebrated the 50th anniversary of the arc-furnace shop. The first pile in the construction of the shop was laid in March 1964. On December 14, 1968 the first arc-furnace produced the first steel. The construction of the shop was completed in 1976. In 1996 the shop commissioned the vacuum-oxygen decarbonization…
