In August Zlatoust Electrometallurgical Works exceeded its manufacturing plans. In particular, the metallurgical manufacture surpassed the plan on steel production using vacuum arc remelting technique. Nickel-containing steel and alloys accounted for some 1400 tons. The company has also mastered the manufacture of slabs of corrosion-resistant heat-resistant steel. In August ZEMZ produced 4.876 thousand tons of…
In January-July Russia exported 27.452 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 13.5% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, the exports of ferrous metals without pig iron, ferroalloys, scrap and wastes totaled 17.904 million tons, up by 5.9%. The exports of semi-finished products of carbon steel reached 9.507 million tons, up by 14.8%, of…
Belarus Iron and Steel Works has manufactured a trial batch of new products – rebars of 8 mm diameter. Previously the company produced rebars with the diameter of 10 to 40 mm. The mastering of the new product has been dictated by the demand from customers. This year the company has received some 40 orders…
Employees of the Novovolynskaya Mine No. 9 have been striking for 10 days already because of the wage debts. Now they have made a strike near the Volynugol administration premises demanding the CEO to be fired. “In addition to the clearing of the salary debts they also insist on firing the acting CEO of the…
Russian gold producer Polyus has retained its gold output forecast for 2018 unchanged, CEO Pavel Grachyov declared. “Yes, I can confirm our forecast. We are approaching the upper limit of a 2.375-2.425 million ounces range in a comfortable manner. The plan for 2019 is 2.8 million ounces,” he said. The Natalka gold mine continues to…
Artyom Filipyev has been appointed General Legal Counsel of PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih. He will be responsible for enforceability of PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih within laws of Ukraine, protection of interests of the company in economy, land and property. Prior to new appointment, Artyom Filipyev worked on the position of the Legal Director, PrJSC Consumers-Sklo-Zorya…
Mining and processing works of Ukraine now stock 700 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials with the norm of 150 thousand tons due to the difficulties with shipping via railroad. In August the companies undersupplied $100 million worth of products. “In September the goal will not be reached, thus, the companies will have to…
Nordgold has put into operation a new mine – Gross – in Yakutia. Investments in the mine are estimated at $250 million. When the mine reaches its design capacity it will be extracting some 12 million tons of ore and producing 200 thousand ounces of gold per year for 17 years. (Ukrainian metal)
