In January-February Zaporozhye Iron Ore Complex produced 697 thousand tons of iron ore, up by 37.2% YoY. According to a company representative, in February it mined 330 thousand tons of ore. The plan for this year is 4.55 million tons of ore with the iron contents of 60.85%. In 2017 iron ore output remained almost…
In 2017 Evraz NTMK produced 1.3 thousand tons of flanged beams for metal structures to be used in construction of Amur Gas-Processing Works infrastructure. This year the deliveries will continue. In particular Evraz NTMK produced beams of 19 sizes, including of low-alloyed steel 345. The company can manufacture 300 sizes of hot-rolled beams with the…
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…
The Far East Development minister Alexander Galushka during his working trip to China has held a number of meetings with the local businesses. In particular, he held talks with the Minmetals Corporation. The corporation is eyeing the development of the Malmyzh copper-porphyry deposits in Khabarovsk region. The deposits reserves amount to 5.6 million tons of…
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…
Following the results of February, Ukraine dropped to the 12th position in the world steel manufacturers rating. According to Worldsteel, China traditionally occupies the 1st place with 64.93 million tons of steel, up by 5.9% YoY. Ukraine produced 1.9 million tons of steel, up by 11.2%, which was still not enough to overtake Italy (2.093…
In 2017 Dneprometiz increased its net profit by 79% YoY, to 58.292 million UAH. According to the company statement, its assets as of the end of 2017 totaled 714.885 million UAH, current liabilities – 533.483 million UAH and consolidated accounts receivable – 153.327 million UAH. In 2016 Dneprometiz received 34.73 million UAH of profit, as…
In February Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works decreased railroad sales of rolled steel by 8.1% YoY and by 13% MoM, to 260.3 thousand tons. In 2 months sales dropped by 1.5%, to 560 thousand tons. Delivery to local customers decreased by 6.5%, to 478.1 thousand tons, while exports jumped by 42.6%, to 81.6 thousand tons.…