Severstal and Air Liquide have ahead of schedule finished the capital repairs of the largest in Russia machine to produce industrial gases at the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. “The capital repairs have lasted for 11 days instead of the planned 14 days. The restoration of the compressor machinery took the most part of the…
The steelmaking laboratory of the A.A. Ugarov Stary Oskol Technological Institute, a branch of the National University of Science and Technology MISiS (NUST MISiS), launched at OEMK (a part of Metalloinvest), has begun developing new steel grades. The laboratory is conducting experimental smelting in a new vacuum induction-melting furnace with a maximum capacity of 60…
Russia’s aluminum exports almost tripled MoM, to 420,100 tons in May, the Federal Customs Service said. In monetary terms, aluminum exports grew 2.55-fold, to $751.6 million. In January-May the exports rose by 22.8%, to 1.337 million tons in volume terms and by 44.1%, to $2.482 billion in monetary terms. Copper exports grew by 25.9%, to…
The commercial court of the Zaporozhye region has satisfied the claim of the Special anticorruption prosecutors office to Toleis Trading Limited, a part of Dmitry Firtash’s Group DF, on the cancellation of the agreement with the State Property Fund of Ukraine on the creation of the Zaporozhye Titanium and Magnesium Works LLC on the basis…
Ukrgazvydobuvannya has ordered Interpipe-Ukraine LLC the delivery of pipes valued at 254.67 million UAH. In particular, the company has been ordered 4963 tons of various pipes. The pipes are to be produced by Interpipe Niko Tube, Interpipe NTZ and Interpipe NMTZ. (Ukrainian metal)
The so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization, created and supported by Russia, say they have resumed operation at Khartsyzsk Pipe Works. The company resumed operation after the Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works had started operating in full swing. The company is situated in the so-called Lugansk People’s Republic, another creation of Russia’s. Khartsyzsk Pipe…
In June Russia supplied 115.8 thousand tons of scrap to Belarus via railroad. This is 5.7% below the June 2017 results. In January-June scrap exports reached 614.3 thousand tons, down by 4.7% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In June, according to the railroad statistics, the main trading companies and networks received 0.92 million tons of metal, including imports, up by 6.8% YoY. In January-June railroad deliveries totaled 5.4 million tons, up by 3.2% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)