Uralelectromed has assembled a new smoke pipe with the height of 14-storey building. It is installed at the gas-purifying unit, were gases from anode furnace, before reaching air, are 99.8% purified. The pipe has replaced the previous one that has served the company for 16 years. The new structure weighs over 35 tons and is…
Some of the goals of the ChTPZ Group are to decrease the prime cost of the products, increase the share on the market of seamless pipes and decrease the dependence on other metal companies’ pipe billets. “We don’t see any serious growth of demand for large diameter pipes on the domestic market because of the…
Within the strategy to increase product range ZEMZ has mastered the manufacture of another type of forged product, in demand on the market and widely used in nuclear industry. The forged sheet bar has the size of 30×500 mm and is made of heat-resistant alloy on the nickel basis HN55MBTU (EP666). The ingot has been…
The Naberezhnye Chelny territory of advanced development will receive new residents. In particular, Termokrep LLC will create a works to produce metal wares with thermodiffusion coating. Investments in the project will total 130.7 million rubles. 40 jobs will be created. (Ukrainian metal)
The nickel output of the Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel fell by 9% QoQ, to 49,460 tons in April-June, the company said on July 31. Copper output rose by 4%, to 117,275 tons. In January-June the company’s nickel output rose by 1% YoY, to 103,523 tons. Copper output increased by 18%, to 229,565 tons. Palladium…
Pokrov Mining and Processing Works (ex-Ordzhonikidze GOK) from September 7 will transfer its accounts from the nationalized PrivatBank to the Credit Dnepr Bank. According to the company statement, the change of the bank has to do with PrivatBank being constantly under pressure lately, which could create risks for the GOK. “To prevent such a negative…
Zaporizhstal has increased its grant fund for social initiatives competition to 5.3 million UAH. This year for the 6th edition of the “We are the city” competition the citizens of Zaporozhye have submitted a record high number of ideas – 287, among which 73 have been selected. To carry out their projects the winners will…
The Kriviy Rih city police have informed that the morning of July 31 has started with the information of the mining of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih. The territory of the works was immediately surrounded and checked for explosives. On July 20 similar information was received by the police. Luckily it was false. (Ukrainian metal)
