In 2017 Izhstal increased supplies of metal to Belarus by 68% YoY, or by 7 thousand tons. Deliveries to MAZ increased 2.3-fold, to Gomselmash – 2.8-fold. Metal sales to major agriculture machinery manufacturers grew 2.5-fold, and to Minsk Wheeled Hauled Motor Vehicle Works – 3-fold. Izhstal sells metal to over 20 industrial companies in Belarus.…
In 2017 TMK Chermet supplied over 2 million tons of scrap to its key customers, or more than 10% of the total Russian scrap procurement. The company subsidiaries supplied 835 thousand tons of scrap, or 40% of the total volume. “Today TMK Chermet unites 4 regional divisions with 19 sites. The increase of our own…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has replaced gas-purifying equipment of two machines in the oxygen-converter shop. The repair was carried out at the steel-treating machine and the continuous casting machine. “The oxygen-converter shop has seen a major reconstruction lately. We have replaced almost all the main machines and stopped using the outdated ones. Now we…
Miners of the state enterprise Selidovugol have gone on a hunger strike in the building of the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry. “The miners demand their salary debts to be completely cleared. Taking into account the inflation processes, they also call to increase tariff rates. As well as return the “stolen reserves” and provide…
At least 25 million soms are needed to launch Dzhergalan mine, MP Maksat Sabirov said on February 22 at a session of the Parliament. According to him, the company has no collateral, so it is not issued a loan for development. “If the mine starts working, many people will get a job. I ask you…
Rosterminalugol (a part of Port Management Company), the largest specialized state-of-the-art coal terminal in the European part of Russia, reached on February 20 the 3-millionth ton mark from the beginning of this year, the stevedoring company said. The third millionth ton was loaded to the Panamax dry bulk carrier Indigo Ace. The M/V Indigo Ace…
The refining shop of Kola Iron and Steel Works has started commissioning of the new technology to clear shop dust of lead. This is a part of the investment project on unique nickel manufacture technology of arc-extraction. Instead of smelting nickel anodes the company will use nickel powder from tube-type furnaces. The cost of the…
Tochinvest ShZMK (Shadrinsk Metal Structures Works) has opened a shop of dip galvanizing. The company manufactures products for power, industrial and social construction. “This is one of the most environmentally clean enterprises”, the Kurgan region governor Alexei Kokorin believes. “As to the output, this year 12 thousand tons are expected”. The region provided the company…
