Mechel-Koks has started reconstructing the system of gas pipelines from coke-oven battery No. 7. The new machinery will help decrease air pollution when manufacturing coke. The work is expected to be completed in December. The cost of the project is 76 million rubles. The total amount of Mechel investments into Mechel-Koks since 2006 has reached…
In September Russia produced 5.91 million tons of steel, down by 1.3% YoY (6.106 million tons in August). In 9 months the output grew by 1.8% YoY, to 54.288 million tons. Ukraine, though no longer a part of CIS, decreased steel output by 7.6% YoY in September, to 1.787 million tons (17.86 million tons in…
The state enterprise Vostochniy Mining and Processing Works has ordered the Trading House Eco-Service LLC the delivery of sulfur valued at 43.17 million UAH. This year the company has to deliver 7700 tons of granulated technical sulfur (99.98%) at 5607 UAH per ton ($200). The sulfur is produced by 2 companies from Russia and 2…
A cave-in occurred at the Mine named after Kapustin, where miners were striking against the non-payment of salary. “It is estimated that 10 meters of rock collapsed. It was in that mine that 16 protesting miners and a people’s deputy Sergey Kaplin were”, Mikhail Volynets, chairman of the Independent Miners’ Union of Ukraine reported. According…
In September Russia produced 4.35 million tons of pig iron, up by 2% YoY, but down from 4.5 million tons in August. In January-September pig iron output grew by 1.5% YoY, to 39.241 million tons. Ukraine, though no longer a part of CIS, decreased pig iron output by 9.8% YoY, to 1.667 million tons in…
Since the start of the commissioning of the gold-extracting factory at the Ozernovsky Mining and Processing Works, Siberian Mining and Metallurgical Alliance (SiGMA) has yielded 87 kg of gold. The lesser line with the capacity of 60 thousand tons of ore per year was commissioned in June. In the first year of operation it is…
In January-September Ukraine exported 11.22 million tons of rolled metal, up by 1.4% YoY. Since the start of the year Ukraine has produced 13.83 million tons of rolled metal, up by 6% YoY. Thus, 81.1% were exported. Last year the share of rolled metal exported was 79.7%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-September rolled metal consumption in Ukraine grew by 1.03% YoY, to 3.692 million tons. Imports accounted for 29.2% as opposed to 26.1% last year. Thus, imports grew by 13.2%, to 1.078 million tons. Flat rolled metal accounted for 49.38%, and bars – 47.5% as opposed to 58.52% and 40.54% last year respectively. CIS countries…