In April-June Rusal decreased net profit by 31% QoQ, to $218 million, but increased it by 8% YoY. In H1 net profit grew by 15% YoY, to $535 million. Quarter revenue dropped by 18% QoQ, to $2.25 billion, but went up by 4% YoY, to $4.99 billion in H1. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-July Ukraine imported $51.894 million worth of copper and copper wares, up by 9.4% YoY. According to the State Fiscal Service, exports grew by 38.5%, to $100.8345 million. In July Ukraine imported $9.328 million worth of copper and copper wares, and exported – for $13.268 million. (Ukrainian metal)
Novokramatorsk Machine-Building Works has shipped machinery of the edging stand for the continuous casting mill-1700, being reconstructed in Kosice. The assembly of the stand is scheduled for the second half of August. The mill-1700 was constructed by NKMZ in 1965. Its capacity is 3.2 million tons of rolled metal per year. In 2017 NKMZ received…
In July ferroconcrete structures and housing constructing plants purchased 12.9 thousand tons of rolled metal. According to the railroad statistics, deliveries fell by 30.7% YoY. In January-July deliveries reached 105.9 thousand tons, down by 33.9% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In July direct deliveries of rolled metal to the major service metal centers, which produce construction metal wares, totaled 207.6 thousand tons. According to railroad statistics, that’s 4.1% below the corresponding last year result. In January-July railroad delivery reached 1.36 million tons, up by 5.5% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In July bases of the main Russian trading companies and networks received 0.92 million tons of steel products (rolled metal and pipes), including imported metal. According to the railroad statistics, the volume dropped by 9.5% YoY. In January-July railroad transported 6.33 million tons of steel to traders, up by 1.1% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
Borodino Repair-Mechanical Works increases casting output volumes. The enterprise has received new machinery, which will allow increasing casting products manufacture to 1200 tons per year. The casting site is one of the BRMZ 7 shops. Its capacity is 100 tons per month. Borodino Repair-Mechanical Works is one of the major repair subdivisions of the Siberian…
Bystrinsky Mining and Processing Works has sent the first trial batch of gold-containing gravity concentrate weighing 8 tons to the city of Norilsk for further processing. The works is preparing the second batch of 12 tons. The first samples of gravity concentrate were obtained in Q1. BGOK was constructed by Norilsk Nickel in a hard-to-reach…