In January-August Ukraine exported 2.11 million tons of pig iron, up by 45% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, the exports value was $737.285 million as opposed to $447.57 million last year. At the same time Ukraine imported 0.997 thousand tons of pig iron valued at $569.4 thousand tons, while in January-August 2017 it…
Ormet has started replacing floatation machines at its processing factory. This year the company has already replaced a RIF floatation machine with the volume of 16 cubic meters. The new rotor-mechanical machine of the Russian origin is better protected from corruption and wear. By the end of the year Ormet intends to have replaced two…
Severstal – Bar Works Balakovo has mastered the manufacture of A600C rebars (ArmaNorma). The rebars with the diameter of 10-40 mm for ferroconcrete structures correspond to GOST 34028-2018 and TU 14-1-5596-2010. “The new rebars are corrosion-resistant, which is provided for by the chemical elements contained in the steel. The ArmaNorma guarantees a longer life time…
In January-September the Pipe Metallurgical Company sold 3.004 million tons of pipes, up by 7% YoY. Seamless pipes accounted for 2.025 million tons, up by 1%. The sales of welded pipes totaled 0.979 million tons, up by 19%, and OCTG pipes – 1.422 million tons, up by 8%. The Russian division of TMK sold 2.162…
Norilsk Nickel is negotiating with the Chinese partners the choice of the site for Bystrinsky Mining and Processing Works IPO. “Our partners see Hong Kong or Shanghai as the site, while we want Moscow or London”, Nornickel president Vladimir Potanin said. The issue will be discussed in autumn 2019, when the GOK reaches its design…
Prices of gold, silver, platinum and palladium increased in Azerbaijan on October 24, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold grew by 13.745 manats, to 2,094.3745 manats per ounce on October 24 compared to the price on October 23. The price of silver went up by 0.4164 manats, to…
Energomashspetsstal and the largest Indian metal group SAIL have concluded an agreement on the delivery of four supporting rolls weighing 106.5 tons. The EMSS rolls will be installed at Salem Steel Plant hot-rolling mills. The contract has to be fulfilled in Q2-3 2019. The companies have been cooperating since 2013. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-September Kamchatka yielded 3986 kg of gold, down by 20% YoY. Alluvial gold accounted for the mere 6 kg, down by 80%. This year only one enterprise washed alluvial gold – Vector Plus team LLC. Silver output grew by 12.2% YoY, to 12.5 tons. Last year the region obtained 6682 kg of gold and…
