In February, Zaporizhstal decreased rolled metal manufacture by 55.1% YoY, to 99.6 thousand tons. Pig iron output dropped by 65%, to 125 thousand tons, and steel – by 62%, to 119.4 thousand tons. Compared with January, rolled metal manufacture increased by 36.4% and steel – by 32.8%, while that of pig iron fell by 24.7%.…
Kyrgyzstan should have a unified policy in the field of coalmining, the President of the Board of the Association of Miners and Geologists of the Kyrgyz Republic Duishenbek Kamchybekov has said. According to him, more than 400 licenses are in the hands of coalmining enterprises to date in the country. More than half of them…
Over 9 months of 2022, the project “Decreasing irrevocable losses of cutting fluid” saved Armenal $540 thousand by decreasing the fluid usage by 17%. “Initially we planned to save 7.5%, but the CEO Arthur Zakaryan set a more ambitious goal – decreasing cutting fluid usage by 15% compared with 2021,” the manager of the project,…
Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development Marat Karabayev has met with Deputy Director General of China Nonferrous Metals Mining (Group) Co., Ltd Liu Yu. The parties discussed the issues of cooperation in the construction of a copper-smelting plant in Kazakhstan. Marat Karabayev noted the Chinese company’s successful experience in the implementation of such large projects,…
In January, Ukraine imported 40.9 thousand tons of flat rolled metal, down by 30% MoM, but up by 3.1% YoY. According to the State Customs Service, expenses decreased by 26.6% MoM and by 19.6% YoY, to $50.66 million. Imports of coated metal with the width of 600 mm and more totaled 24.6 thousand tons (-7.5%…
Centravis Production Ukraine pipe manufacture in Nikopol started operating at full capacity. “Centravis is now working at full capacity. This is very important, as we use this opportunity to the maximum. All the equipment is operating, cold and hot shops are working. We fulfilled the manufacturing plan for January and have an optimistic forecast for…
In January, Ukraine exported 29.54 thousand tons of flat rolled metal, down by 33.9% MoM and by 94.2% YoY. According to the State Customs Service, revenue dropped by 35.2% MoM and by 95.5% YoY, to $19.4 million. Exports of rolled metal without coating amounted to 20.2 thousand tons valued at $12.74 million, down by 36.4%…
The Commission for Emergency Situations (CSE) has held a new meeting, during which more decisions have been adopted, the government’s communications and protocol department has reported. The CSE members instructed to extend, till March 31, the validity term of the environmental permit as to the management of waste and of the authorization of issuance of…
