Zagorsky Pipe Works has put into operation a machine for the pipes geometrical parameters control. “The machine has reached the capacity of 25 pipes per hour. This will allow us making changes to the manufacturing flow and increasing the product quality almost in the online mode”, the company deputy CEO, operational director Sergey Toropov said.…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry has registered the state enterprise National Coal Company, with Alexei Raychev its director. The corresponding information has been added to the State Company Registry. Since 2016 and until mid-April Raychev has been chairing the state enterprise Krasnolimanskaya Coal Company. (Ukrainian metal)
Iron ore transportation via railroad in April grew by 7.8% YoY, to 9.7 million tons. In January-April 36.9 million tons of ore were transported, up by 3.6% YoY, with domestic transportation up by 10%, while exports down by 8%. China saw the main fall – almost 2-fold, while deliveries to Poland decreased to the minimum…
Two miners have died at an open extraction coal quarry in Tkibuli town. The bodies are already being examined to identify the circumstances of death. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has started an investigation into the case under the Criminal Code, which implies the violation of safety rules in mining. Another six miners died and…
On June 1 MMK held its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) in Magnitogorsk. The AGM approved MMK’s annual report and financial statements for FY 2017 and approved a dividend payment for the 2017 financial year of 0.806 rubles per share (including tax). Previously shareholders received interim dividends for H1 2017 of 9,710.5 million rubles…
Central Mining and Processing Works continues to modernize its quarry machinery fleet. According to the company CEO Dmitry Shevchik, 2 more BelAZ dump trucks with the lifting capacity of 130 tons were purchased for the mining and transportation shop No. 1. “Our investment program for this year foresees the purchase of 13 such trucks”, he…
Zaporizhstal has carried out the capital repairs of its blast furnace No. 5. According to the company statement, the financing of the overhaul was over 200 million UAH. The repairs lasted for 36 days. The total weight of the metal structures assembled during the repairs exceeded 1 thousand tons, and of the refractory materials –…
Severstal has received a certificate for the correspondence of cold-resistant cryogenic steel to the norms and standards of the European quality. This steel is used to construct the inner shell of the LNG tanks. TUV Rheinland Group has highly praised the whole manufacturing chain of the product. Cryogenic steel sheet is produced at the mill-2800…