TMK Chermet has successfully passed the qualification audit as an independent supplier of scrap and ferrous metals wastes to the enterprises of the Pipe Metallurgical Company. The audit has been carried out by the Russian research institute of pipe industry. Following the check the company has been entered into the list of TMK approved suppliers.…
Izhstal specialists have capitally repaired the bar-wire mill 250. The repair was carried according to the schedule. This mill is important for the company, as it produces around 45% of the total output. In 2017 the 250 mill produced 222 thousand tons of rolled metal of structure, stainless, bearing, tool and speed steels, up by…
Russian gold producer Mangazeya Zoloto plans to raise production by 95%, to 1.5 tons in 2018, CEO and owner Sergei Yanchukov declared. The company will nearly triple geological exploration spending to 350 million rubles this year to increase the Baikal region reserves of the group to over 100 tons, he said. Production of the Savkino…
In January-November 2017 the share of Russian exports of metal and wares to far foreign countries reached 10.1%, up from 9.9% in 2016. The monetary volume of exports grew by 28%, while physical volume dropped by 3.2%. Pig iron exports decreased by 13.1%, aluminum – by 6%, ferroalloys – by 5.8%, and semi-finished products of…
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Kistion says Ukraine in 2017 almost halved consumption of anthracite coal whose stocks in Ukraine are insufficient, having used 4.8 million tons of anthracite at its thermal power plants. “In 2017 Ukraine consumed slightly more than half of anthracite coal compared to 2016. If in 2016 we burnt 8.9…
In 2017 Ukrainian metal works purchased 2.83 million tons of scrap, down by 12.7% YoY. Scrap covered only 90% of the need. The average usage of purchased scrap was 133 kg per 1 ton of steel. At the same time exports of scrap in 2017 increased by 78.5% YoY, to 486.5 thousand tons. The major…
At a meeting on January 16 directors of NLMK Group resolved to convene an Extraordinary Shareholder Meeting on March 12 to elect a new president (CEO) and chairman of the management board. The EGM will be held by absentee ballot. The date upon which the shareholders entitled to participate in the EGM will be determined…
S&P Global Ratings has assigned its “B-” long-term corporate credit rating to Metinvest B.V., the holding company of a group of mostly Ukraine-based vertically integrated steel and mining assets, the outlook is stable, reads a report on the rating agency’s website. “Metinvest, with operations in Ukraine and abroad, is a midsize producer with steel capacity…
