Yekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works is expanding the range of its exports. This time the company shipped its product to Thailand, which became another step of the strategic project to develop South-Eastern Asia markets. In Thailand EZOTsM has started cooperating with a large company supplying gold, silver and platinum group metals to the local market.…
Abinsk Electrometallurgical Works will put into operation new machinery with the design capacity of 50 thousand tons per year at the metal wares shop No. 1. The shop will produce wire with the diameter of 0.8 to 8 mm, welding wire (2-6 mm), rolled metal of 5-8 mm diameter and wire of 2-5 mm diameter…
Russian metal wares manufacturers are currently operating with much underloaded capacities. MMK-Metiz has also been affected. The weak points of Russian companies are narrow product range in terms of sizes and the outdate machinery. The MMK-Metiz modernization program for 2017-2020 is intended to solve these problems. In particular, the company plans to create a highly…
PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has constructed a new blast-furnace gas pipeline with a length of more than one kilometer valued at UAH 134 million. Now pre-commissioning and adjustment works are at the final stage, as well as ownership transfer, after that the gas pipeline will be commissioned. New gas pipeline was laid from Blast Furnace…
Interpipe decided to construct a new line for railroad wheels machining valued at $15 million. The project will result in export increase. The line will contain machinery for the treatment of wheels, a finishing center, a control center, etc. The wheel output will increase by 13 thousand tons, or by 40 thousand pieces per year.…
The police have uncovered a criminal scheme at the Novosibirsk Railway Switch Plant. From September 2017 till August 2018, a group of 5 employees was stealing ferromanganese from the plant. During the period the criminals have stolen some 6.5 tons of ferromanganese, having damaged the enterprise for the total amount of 1 million rubles. During…
In July Russia imported 42.5 thousand tons of flat galvanized rolled metal with polymer coating, down by 44% YoY. In 7 months imports dropped by 35.9%, to 222.4 thousand tons. China supplied the most metal (86.9 thousand tons, down by 58.3%). The average price on the Russian border was $886.7 per ton without VAT. It…
In January-July Kazakhstan exported 293.4 thousand tons of ferrous scrap to Russia valued at $76 million. According to the customs statistics, this is down by 12.6%, but up by 4.8% YoY respectively. In July exports grew by 39.7% YoY, to 71.8 thousand tons. The average price on the border with Russia was $275.7 per ton…