Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works has successfully tested a new type of excavator steel rope with polymer coating. The tests have been carried out under the project to produce multi-strand steel ropes (8-12 strands) with the diameter of up to 90 mm, including with polymer coating. These ropes will replace imported analogues in mining, oil…
Zaporizhstal has used innovation techniques during the capital repairs of its blast furnace No. 3. According to the company CEO Rostislav Shurma, Mammoet (the Netherlands) has greatly helped in the process. The Dutch delegation visited Zaporizhstal on April 20 to get to know the environment modernization of the plant. In particular, the semi-knock down assembly…
Dutch metal processing company Focus Fabrication Group plans to build a 3,800 square meter metal processing plant in the port of Klaipeda by the middle of 2019. The plant would produce various pipe constructions by processing 10,400 kilograms of metal a day. Exports would mainly go to Western European oil and gas companies. (BNN/Ukrainian metal)
After the meeting that took place at the end of August 2017, British Steel, which had previously voiced an interest in KVV Liepājas metalurgs, refused to purchase the bankrupt company, says Liepaja City Council chairman’s advisor for public relations matters Andrejs Rjabcevs. Last week Liepaja City Council chairman Uldis Sesks refrained from commenting the matter…
Last week, the price of one ounce of gold in Azerbaijan decreased by 6.2985 manats or by 0.28%, to 2.287.6696 manats. The price of one ounce of silver increased by 0.9188 manats or by 3.25%, to 28.73116 manats. The price of one ounce of platinum increased by 12.223 manats or by 0.77%, to 1592.6722 manats…
Norway’s aluminum maker Norsk Hydro may declared force majeure on some contracts with Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL recently hit by U.S. sanctions, Norsk Hydro said in a statement. The company has notified RUSAL “it may be necessary to declare force majeure on certain contracts, as the company could be prevented from upholding its obligations…
The state enterprises Selidovugol and Mirnogradugol have ordered the Donenergoexport LLC the delivery of mine sections at 4.2 million UAH and 3.87 million UAH respectively. In particular, Selidovugol ordered 105 tons of SVP-27 sections at 40 thousand UAH per ton, and Mirnogradugol – 100 tons at 38.76 UAH per ton. Had Selidovugol reached the Mirnogradugol…
In January-March Seligdar mined 238 kg of gold, up 2.5-fold YoY. Ryabinovoye LLC was the leader in gold mining: its output in Yakutia grew 2.3-fold, to 178 kg. The Podgolechnoye deposit yielded 28 kg of gold, with 4 kg more produced by Nizhneyakokitsky Mining Works. Sininda-1 mined 9 thousand tons of ore, but had not…
