In December 2017 iron ore raw materials deliveries totaled 2.5 million tons (on the November 2017 level), coal – 1.3 million tons, up by 16% MoM, and coke – 860 thousand tons, down by 1%. The share of imported coal was 79%, or 1.03 million tons of 1.3 million tons, coke – 10.5%, or 90…
In December 2017 Ukrainian metal works consumed 190 million cubic meters of natural gas, up by 15% MoM. In 12 moths gas consumption grew by 3%, to 1.8 billion cubic meters. Electricity consumption dropped by 11%, to 11.5 billion kW-h. (Ukrainian metal)
Volnogorsk Mining and Processing Works has ordered Delis-Profi LLC the delivery of packaging valued at 46.94 million UAH. This year the company will supply 206 thousand various PP containers. The most expensive of them are 5 liner-bags at 1488 UAH apiece. In December 2017 the works bought them almost twice cheaper – a batch of…
The state enterprise Lvivugol has ordered Lans Group LLC the delivery of 6 pump stations with the total value of 16.4 million UAH. The cost of each SND 200/32-05 pump is 2.73 million UAH. In 2014 Lvivugol bought the same stations at 1.3 million UAH apiece, while in August 2017 Selidovugol purchased them at 1.9…
SRZ LLC, which leases the assets of the state enterprise Azov Ship-repairing Plant, has started loading the batch of square billets produced by Electrostal LLC. The volume of the batch is 10 thousand tons. The metal is loaded on the Annetta with the help of two cranes with the lifting capacity of 40 tons. (Ukrainian…
Electrozinc has started modernizing the cooling stack of the steam-power shop. The modernization is supposed to improve efficiency of maintenance and decrease energy expenses. It is expected that the cooling stack will resume operation in May. Investments total around 50 million rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2017 Karabashmed produced 120 thousand tons of raw copper, up by 7% YoY. The increase is the result of manufacture modernization – in 2004-2017 Russian Copper Company invested around 18 billion rubles in Karabashmed. In 2018 RCC intends to invest 2 billion rubles in the company. As the result 3 new converters will be…
Severstal has commissioned the first industrial 3D-printer at Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. Investments totaled 4.3 million rubles. With the help of the printer the machine-building shop will produce molds for cast parts. The printer is expected to produce around one third of all molds. It takes 16 hours to print one mold. (Ukrainian metal)