In 2017 Russia imported 779 thousand tons of hot-rolled sheet with the thickness of over 10 mm, up 2-fold YoY. According to the customs statistics, Ukraine supplied 31.7% of the total volume, down by 17% YoY. Austria increased exports almost 9-fold, to 31.4%, followed by Germany (20.7%, up 9-fold). South Korea and France increased their…
The Smart Maritime Group has won a tender to supply a thickening tank to Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works. The project will start in March. Its cost will amount to 175 million UAH. The designer of the thickener is Engineering Dobersek GmbH (Germany). The total weight of the metal structure with 3 tanks of 10.9…
Glencore will resume buying aluminum from Rusal in 2019, but the volumes will decrease considerably, as the Russian company wants to take advantage of the growing demand for high added value products. Volumes are expected to decrease by 25-50% from 14.5 million tons. The deal concluded in 2012 was estimated at $47 billion. The new…
The State Property Fund of Ukraine plans to hold an auction to sell 68.009% of Zaporozhye Aluminum Works in May. In December 2017 it was planned to sell the stake in February. The corresponding changes to the schedule of sales have been envisioned in the Fund decree dated February 20 and published in the “Vedomosti…
UzBuild-2018, an international construction exhibition in which Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works is participating, started in Tashkent. Uzbekistan is one of MMK’s key markets in the CIS. In 2017 MMK shipped over 300,000 tons of finished steel products to Uzbek consumers, accounting for nearly 80% of the company’s sales in Central Asia. At the exhibition…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that in February deliveries of ferrous metals scrap to metal companies will decrease by 4.55% MoM, or by 10 thousand tons, to 210 thousand tons. According to the enterprise deputy director Yuri Dobrovolsky, last month traders and procurers tried to faster unload their warehouses in order not to sell scrap…
Shareholders of Zaporozhye Iron Ore Complex decided to pay 850 million UAH of dividends. According to the company statement, the dividends will be paid from March 20 till July 27. The dividends will be paid for 2014. In 2016 the company increased net profit by 87.19% YoY, to 434.449 million UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
Russia’s Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) plans capital expenditures in development of the Gaysky GOK ore dressing plant to rise by 34%, to 3.5 billion rubles in 2018, the company said in a statement. The company will spend about 2.25 billion rubles on development of an underground mine at the depth of 830-1,310 meters,…