In January UralKuz reached a record-high volume of output – 11.5 thousand tons, the highest monthly result in the company history. Railroad axles production increase contributed the most to the overall growth. Last year UralKuz modernized one of its manufacturing lines. It can now produce 4 thousand tons of axle billets per month. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2017 United Mining and Chemical Company increased sales by 20% YoY, to 2.769 billion UAH. “Despite serious competition and considerable dependence of the company on world quotation changes, UMCC last year was able to sell 124 thousand tons of ilmenite concentrate, its main product, at Volnogorsk GOK up by 41% YoY. Sales at Irshansk…
In January Ukraine produced 1.9 million tons of steel, up by 0.5% MoM. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, pig iron output grew by 2%, to 1.94 million tons, but that of rolled metal dropped by 1%, to 1.68 million tons. Steel output decreased by 6% YoY, rolled metal – by 7%, but that of pig iron grew…
PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih summed up the results of its investment program implementation in 2017. Capital and operating expenditures increased by 48% YoY, from UAH 6.1 billion to UAH 9 billion. This money was spent on new facilities construction and equipment capital repairs, as well as environment improvement. Last year the company started construction of…
The board of directors of the Russian steelmaker Severstal has recommended paying 27.72 rubles per share, almost flat YoY, in dividends for October-December 2017, the company said in a statement on February 1. The shareholders will discuss the recommendation at a general meeting scheduled for June 8. The record date for the dividends is June…
By the end of the year KrysoResourcesLImited (China) intends to have mined 207 kg of gold at the Pakrut deposits. Gold output is expected to increase to 1-1.5 tons per year. The company started developing Pakrut in 2012. Since then investments have totaled $180 million, and $76 million more are needed. At present the project…
In 2017 Armenia increased metal output by 11.3% YoY, after the 11.1% drop in 2016. According to the National Statistics Service, in 2017 ferromolybdenum production grew by 1.1% YoY, to 6588 tons, with December 2017 output at 490 tons, down by 15.1% MoM. Molybdenum concentrate output increased by 2.8%, to 10961 tons, with 828 tons…
MMK has put in operation a new car dumper No. 5 at the site No. 2 of the aggloburden preparation shop. The capacity of the dumper is 20 cars per hour. The capacity of the sintering factory being constructed is 16.5 thousand tons of sinter a day, for which 17 thousand tons of burden is…