Georgia: one dead in mining accident

A miner died last night during underground works in Shukruti mine in the village of Chiatura – a city in the western Georgian region of Imereti. The mining accident claimed the life of 45-year-old Zaza Abramishvili at around 3 am. Georgian American Alloys, the company responsible for the mine, said in a statement that part…

Russia: Metalloinvest and KamAZ expand strategic partnership in SBQ deliveries

Oskol Electrometallurgical Works, a part of Metalloinvest, hosted a meeting of Metalloinvest commercial director Nazim Efendiyev and KamAZ deputy sales general director Rustam Shamsutdinov. The parties agreed on improving the efficiency in the supply of high quality rolled steel (SBQ), including creating the stocks and switching to electronic workflow. In 2017 OEMK supplied almost 50…

Latvia: Liepājas metalurgs buyer – owner of Russian Krasniy Octyabr?

Smart Stahl GmbH (Austria) has purchased the movable property of the Liepājas metalurgs rolling shop. But it is believed that Dmitry Gerasimenko, owner of the Volgograd-based Krasniy Octyabr (Russia) could be behind the deal. He is a full owner of the Cyprus-based Segoa Ventures Limited, which owns Smart Stahl, created in April 2017. The sum…