Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has been visited by the participants of the First Conference on Industrial and Scientific Cooperation between the Chelyabinsk region and the Chinese province of Heilongjiang. The goal of the visit was to get acquainted with the operation of the rail-beam mill. In May the works produced a trial batch of…
MMK has assembled a new air-separation machine valued at 4.2 billion rubles in the oxygen shop No. 5. The machine can produce 35 thousand cubic meters of industrial oxygen and 30 thousand cubic meters of pure nitrogen, as well as some 1 thousand cubic meters of argon. The new machine will be able to save…
Evraz Kachkanarsky Mining and Processing Works has shipped the 150-millionth ton of sinter to the blast furnace shop of Evraz NTMK. This sinter has improved metallurgical qualities. Iron contents reach 57%, and vanadium pentoxide – 0.55%. The sinter shop produces over 3.5 million tons of sinter per year. It operates 2 sintering machines. Evraz NTMK…
During the construction of a mine in Lviv region, the prosecutors have uncovered embezzlement of funds. The Chervonograd prosecutor’s office has found out that during the mine construction, the volume of the works was illegally increased by 400 thousand UAH. The mine belongs to the state enterprise Volynugol. (Ukrainian metal)
In June under the contract with ArcelorMittal, Energomashspetsstal shipped several batches of rolls to the enterprises. The total volume reached 400 tons. The working and supporting rolls of the EMSS brand will be used in cold- and hot-rolling mills. In particular, for ArcelorMittal Temirtau EMSS shipped 116 tons of supporting rolls. 200 tons were supplied…
In May, according to the customs statistics, Russia imported 91.9 thousand tons of bars and sections from Ukraine, up 1.8-fold YoY. In January-May imports totaled 485.6 thousand tons, up 2-fold YoY. This also represents some 75% of the total Russian imports of bars and sections. (Ukrainian metal)
In June, according to the railroad statistics, Evraz ZSMK received 176.3 thousand tons of scrap, down by 3.9% YoY. In 6 months scrap deliveries reached 597.7 thousand tons, down by 16.3% YoY. The company occupies the fourth place in the industry on scrap deliveries via railroad. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June Zagorsky Pipe Works sold 199982 tons of pipes, up 5.5-fold YoY. June accounted for the sale of 50 thousand tons of pipes. Gazprom was the main customer. The company has also mastered the manufacture of pipes with the wall thickness of 32 mm. (Ukrainian metal)