In January-October Belarus Iron and Steel Works increased hot-rolled seamless pipes output by 66% YoY, to 113 thousand tons. According to the company statement, in October pipe manufacture growth was 244.6% YoY. Steel smelting increased by 4.5%, to 1.92 million tons, metal cord – by 6.6%, to 79.6 thousand tons, RML wire – by 14%,…
Construction of a gold recovery plant and a tailing dump began at Jerooy deposit. According to the head of the State Committee of Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use, Ulan Ryskulov, the development of Jerooy deposit is one of the largest national projects that will have a great impact on the social and economic development of…
In January-October Severniy Mining and Processing Works sold 1.5 million tons of high iron content pellets to metal companies of Ukraine and Europe. The high-quality pellets have been produced following the experiments of using concentrate from two mining and processing works – Severniy and Ingulets. As the result iron content increased from 63.8% to 65%.…
The fourth batch of steam coal for the needs of thermal power plants (TPP) of PJSC Centrenergo has arrived in Yuzhny seaport (Odessa region), the port’s press service has reported. According to its data, the bulk carrier Ocean Dalian delivered 73,000 tons of coal. The report does not specify the coal grade, but Centrenergo previously…
The Internet-store of Severstal has been named the Best Internet-project of Russia in 2017. The e-shop was first unveiled in 2016. In January-October the store received 950 thousand tons worth of orders. In 2019 Severstal intends to start exporting through its online-store. (Ukrainian metal)
MMK has received the approval of the Federal Antimonopoly Service for the purchase of Lysva Iron and Steel Works with the capacity of 360 thousand tons per year. Back in September MMK reported that it was regularly monitoring the M&A market and was ready to discuss the acquisition of prospective assets. At present neither MMK,…
The Republic Investment Company and its daughter enterprise Yanolovo have concluded an agreement with the Chinese investment fund YaZuan Investment Co. Ltd on development of tin-bearing deposits on the territory of Yakutia. Yanolovo obtained the license to develop Tirekhtyanskoye tin deposits in 2015. Raw metal output could be 500-3.5 thousand tons per year. (Ukrainian metal)
Belarus will help improve methods of coal mining and coal transportation on Sakhalin Island, Russia. The news was released by the website of the Sakhalin region government and the governor after Sakhalin region governor Oleg Kozhemyako met with State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Grigory Rapota. Member of the Federation Council…
