Brazil has decided to postpone the imposition of antidumping duties on Russian and Chinese hot-rolled coils. The investigation begun in April 2016 confirmed the dumping deliveries and the damage to local manufacturers. But the rolled metal consumers have asked the government not to impose antidumping duties as they may increase the price of the end…
In January-September Chepets Mechanical Works received 1.73 billion rubles of net profit, up by 24% YoY. Sales revenue reached 8.97 billion rubles, up by 2.5% YoY. Since the start of the year the company has paid 1.52 billion rubles of taxes to the budgets of various levels. (Ukrainian metal)
The authorities of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and supported by Russia, intend to promote their own metal project on the basis of Donetsk Iron and Steel Works. But the problem of the DPR authorities is the harsh competition with the “outer manager” appointed by Russia to rule companies seized from…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that pig iron prices will continue growing influenced by the expected growth of scrap price. By the end of November the rolled metal trade will have revived, which will allow exporters to increase prices. The forecast range of prices for November is $320-370 per ton FOB. In October negative trends…
Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works has finished capital repairs of two sections of its ore-processing factory No. 1. According to the company statement, in September the seventh, and in late October the eighth sections of the factory were commissioned. Investments in modernization totaled 400 million UAH. During the repair equipment at all the technological sites…
Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk has said that coalmining companies will get UAH 1 billion in November-December for the purchase of new mining equipment. “For the first time in four years, the government of Vladimir Groysman has allocated UAH 1 billion for technical re-equipment. I think that in November-December, these funds will be…
Ingulets Mining and Processing Works is suffering from the shortage of open cars. “In 9 days of November we received only 578 open cars out of 1464 we ordered from Ukzaliznytsia. Thus, the fulfillment of the orders is 39%. What a service!” the company CEO Alexander Gerasimchuk wrote on his Facebook page. Because of this…
Energomashspetsstal has signed a contract to produce and deliver a large roll to Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. The supporting roll will be used in the 3600 plate hot-rolling mill. The weight of the roll will be 120 tons. This is the first time that Mariupol Ilyich orders such a large roll from EMSS.…
