TMK has successfully passed the re-certification audit of the corporate quality management system for the compliance with ISO 9001:2015. The audit has been carried out by Lloyd’s Register. The corporative certificate for the correspondence of the TMK quality management system to ISO 9001:2015 has been granted for the next 3-year period. (Ukrainian metal)
Russian steel manufacturers have started increasing prices for local customers because of the ongoing growth of export prices. Thus, NLMK has increased its January 2018 prices for hot- and cold-rolled metal by 10%, and Severstal – by 4%. Steel started getting expensive in December. In just one week (December 15-22) average local prices have grown…
Nord Gold SE, the internationally diversified low-cost gold producer, has announced that it is still at the initial stages of assessing the prospect of gold mining in Uzbekistan. “Uzbekistan has one of the world’s richest gold reserves, so any interest we have in the country would not be surprising. However, we are still at the…
Urov-Zoloto LLC, extracting gold in Zabaykalye region, has obtained 122 kg of alluvial gold this year. The output plan for the next year is 100 kg. Next year the company will not take part in new auctions. The work will be performed under the current 4 licenses. At present all the operation is stopped. The…
In November Russia produced 4.26 million tons of pig iron, down by 16.7% YoY (4.4 million tons in October). In 11 months pig iron output in Russia decreased by 15.6% YoY, to 47.396 million tons. Ukraine produced 1.6 million tons of pig iron in November, down by 16.2% YoY (1.655 million tons) and 17.721 million…
Chelyabinsk Pipe Works has become a guarantor on the bank guarantee granted to Pervouralsk Pipe Works. The guarantee was granted by Bank Uralsib. The agreement was concluded on December 22. According to the document, the guarantor will be responsible to the bank together with the borrower. The volume of the guarantee is 1.58 billion rubles.…
In January-November Gaysky Mining and Processing Works received over 70 units of mining machinery of foreign make: Atlas Copco, Sandvik, Komatsu, BelAZ, Caterpillar, Normet, KGHM Zanam, etc. The company has also received 15 units of Russian machines, produced in particular, by Machine-Building Holding (Yekaterinburg), Khenkon (Krasnoyarsk), Miner (Smolensk region), Kamaz (Naberezhnye Chelny), etc. Most of…
Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works has put in operation a new bearing test bench. The equipment allows finding careless suppliers, decrease expenses on purchases and the number of unscheduled repairs. Ball and roller bearings are the most needed spare parts at BMK – each year the company buys some 30 thousand pieces of bearings at…
