Marcegaglia Russia strengthened its positions on the market of welded stainless steel pipes, having considerably increased output and sales in 2017. According to the company statement, last year output grew by 42.5% YoY, to 13606 tons. The company revenue showed a stable increase of 30.8%, to 34 million euros. (Ukrainian metal)
The minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik promised, that in 2017 the state enterprise Lvivugol would receive 350 million UAH of loan funds under state guarantees for modernization. The promise was made on September 21, 2017. “Lvivugol provides for 50% of daily supplies for the power industry, so the issue of development is…
In 2017 Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works increased electricity production by 1.15%, to 4441.703 million kW-h. This is the highest volume in the company history. “The increase of output allowed CherMK to increase the share of its own electricity in the total consumption to 78.3%, up by 0.5% YoY”, Severstal Russian Steel CEO Vadim Germanov…
In January-November 2017 Russia increased exports of rebars to Poland 9-fold YoY, to 60 thousand tons. The main exporter in the given period was NLMK-Kaluga (95% of the total exports). Evraz ZSMK supplied some 2 thousand tons. In November 2017 the average price for NLMK-Kaluga rebars was $545 per ton, and that of Evraz ZSMK…
The state enterprise Selidovugol has concluded an agreement with Trading and Industrial enterprise Arista LLC on the delivery of 6 tons of chemical lime absorbent valued at 854 thousand UAH. The manufacturer of the product is the Russian Khimpoglotitel LLC, with Arista being its official dealer. The cost of 1 ton according to the agreement…
The United Mining and Chemical Company, owner of Volnogorsk Mining and Processing Works and Irshansk Mining and Processing Works, in 2017 increased ilmenite output by 18.7% YoY, to 392.2 thousand tons. In particular, IrGOK produced 224.4 thousand tons of ilmenite concentrate, the best result for the past three years. At the same time, Volnogorsk GOK…
A new plant to produce copper wire rod opened in the city of Togliatti. In particular, a cold start was made to the fire refining furnace. The plant is expected to produce 24 thousand tons of copper wire rod per year and will employ 170 people. The owner of the plant – Akron Holding –…
In December 2017, 7.2 million tons of ferrous metals were transported via railroad, up by 14.3% YoY. And in 2017 railroads transported 73 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 2.8% YoY. According to Rosstat, in 2017 rolled metal output grew by 0.7%, pig iron – by 0.5%, pipes – by 4.8% and ferrous metals…