In January-July Russian imports grew by 11.8% YoY, to $136.9 billion. According to the customs statistics, the share of metal and metal wares was 7.3%, up from 7.1%. The share of far foreign countries was flat at 5.9%, while that of CIS countries went up to 18.5% from 16.3%. The monetary value of imports grew…
According to the customs statistics, in January-July Russian exports totaled $239.1 billion, up by 27.9% YoY. The share of metal and metal wares was 10.6% (up from 10.1%). The share of the far foreign countries grew from 9.7% to 10.2%, and of CIS from 12.3% to 13%. The monetary value of exports increased by 34.5%,…
Severstal Steel Decisions has completed the shipping of metal structures for the construction of an office building in the village of Ozeretskoye in Moscow region. The total floor area of the building is 120 square meters. The company has supplied 140 tons of metal structures. (Ukrainian metal)
Omega LLC has finished the gold washing season of 2018. The result was 320 kg of alluvial gold, with the target at 304 kg. The output grew by 14% YoY. The company is developing gold deposits in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). It has 4 licenses for Lazo, Bilir, Bolshoy Delegenyakh and the Bilir Brook…
In August Energomashspetsstal produced and supplied over 200 tons of working and supporting rolls to Ukrainian customers. In particular, the rolls have been delivered to Zaporizhstal, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, Azovstal, etc. All these enterprises are long-time partners of EMSS. The rolls will be used at hot- and cold-rolling mills. (Ukrainian metal)
Mechel will participate in the largest international transport exhibition InnoTrans 2018 on September 18-21 in Berlin, Germany. At the event Mechel will showcase the products of the rail and beam mill of Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works. The company has mastered the manufacture of the main types of rails according to European and Russian standards,…
Karelsky Okatysh has started developing the fuel peat deposits Zarechnoye. The opening of the deposits was held on September 10. The peat will be used in the company boiler rooms to decrease the use of fuel oil. The deposits comprise 9 sites on the area of 272 ha, with combined peat reserves of 718 thousand…
The largest shareholder of Petropavlovsk, Kenes Rakishev (22%) commented on the lowering of the company credit rating. “The decrease of the gold-extracting company Petropavlovsk credit rating by Fitch from B- to CCC should not be dramatized. The results of the first half of the year led to this. We had a corporate conflict at the…
