The environment activists of Mariupol, one of the most polluted cities in Ukraine, protest against construction of a new continuous casting machine No. 4 with the capacity of 2.5 million tons and the ladle furnace instead of the outdated CCM No. 1 with the capacity of 0.75 million tons per year at Mariupol Ilyich Iron…
PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih started installing new diesel engines, Cummins, produced in the USA, at its locomotives. In the result of modernization, the company has already got one locomotive with a new engine. Three more locos with new American engines will be available by the end of the year – the contract has been signed…
The prime cost of 1 ton of coal at some state mines exceeds 18 thousand UAH. “When people say of Rotterdam+, which is 2.5 thousand UAH, the state buys coal at 18 thousand UAH per ton”, the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik said. In particular, the help to Selidovugol mines with the…
In May, according to the railroad statistics, direct supplies of ferrous scrap to Amurmetal totaled 46.6 thousand tons. This is higher than in April by 17.2%, and 10-fold than in May 2017. In January-May the company received 170 thousand tons of scrap, up 4-fold YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
VNIGRIugol, a part of the state holding Rosgeologia, has begun the summer season at the Lakhskaya field in Sakhalin. The agreement on the work was concluded in autumn 2017. The specialists will have to examine the quality of the coal and determine its grade contents. (Ukrainian metal)
MMK investments in environment protection measures this year will reach 5.5 billion rubles, up by 40% YoY. According to the company chief specialist of the environment protection laboratory Maxim Yurchenko, since 2004 the environment management system has been running at MMK, which in 2016 was certified to confirm to ISO 14001. Last year the company…
Karelsky Okatysh has shut down its factories for 72 hours as scheduled to carry out machinery repairs. More than 200 repairmen participated in the work. “For the first time in the company history the specialists had to restore the lining of the wall between medium and small crushing bunkers”, the company manufacturing and pellets director…
The prices of main precious metals varied in Azerbaijan on June 22, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The cost of gold increased by 2.8645 manats, to 2,154.6225 manats per ounce compared to the price on June 21. The cost of silver increased by 0.1318 manats, to 27.7474 manats per ounce. The…