Corum Group has purchased a Doosan DBC160 drilling-milling center for its plant in the city of Kharkiv for 1 million euro. This is the largest investment in the manufacturing machinery of the company in the past several years. According to the company the purchase will allow it to produce most of the spare parts on…
In October world pig iron manufacture increased by 1.7% YoY, to 99.649 million tons. According to World Steel Association, China was leading with 60.015 million tons, up by 2.1% YoY. Ukraine occupies the 9th position with 1.655 million tons, followed by Taiwan with 1.25 million tons. In November Ukraine produced 1.83 million tons of pig…
The management of Zaporozhye Aluminum Works hopes that the Cabinet of Ministers will write off its 50 million UAH debts to the Pension Fund. According to the fund, Zaporozhye region companies’ debts stand at 62.204 million UAH. ZALK is the largest debtor with 53.32 million UAH, followed by Zaporozhye Titanium and Magnesium Works (4.24 million…
Since the start of the year Dalenergougol LLC has mined 60 thousand tons of coal at the Vostochniy site of the Ilyichevskoye deposits. The company operates four Belaz-7547 with the lifting capacity of 40 tons each at the site, as well as Komatsu PC 750 and Hitachi 650 excavators. By the end of the year…
In October Russian Railroads transported 8.9 million tons of iron ore, on the level of the year start. Since the beginning of the year some 91.3 million tons of ore have been transported, down by 0.2% YoY. Exports continued decreasing due to the growth of local consumption. The largest decrease in exports was in the…
S&P Global Ratings has improved the TMK rating to the Stable. The agency has also confirmed the company long-term ratings in foreign and local currency on the level of B+. “The Stable forecast shows our expectation of the company to continue making efforts to decrease the share of loan funds”, the agency said. According to…
In November Zaporizhstal produced 300.5 thousand tons of steel, down by 3.6% YoY. According to the company statement, pig iron manufacture increased by 14.8%, to 316.9 thousand tons, while rolled metal output dropped by 30.2%, to 186.2 thousand tons. The decrease in manufacture is explained by the capital repairs of 1150 and 1680 rolling mills…
The Republic of Bashkiria has granted tax preferences to 5 priority investment projects. Among them is the “Organization of the multistrand ropes manufacture”. Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works initiated the project. Investments total 510 million rubles. 68 new jobs will be created. (Ukrainian metal)
