Russian Ugol is increasing the output of high-quality power-generating coal. For this the company has started modernizing the processing factory at the Stepnoy pit in Khakassia. The project will increase the factory capacity by 1 million tons of coal per year. The factory was commissioned in 2011. Now it employs over 200 people. It processes…
The Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works project to produce multi-strand steel ropes has been included in the list of priority investment projects of the Republic of Bashkortostan. This will let the company receive the additional state support as tax duties and other preferences. The project, being carried out since 2016, will allow the company to…
The Donelectrostal Electrometallurgical Works intends to start producing rebars in Q4 2018. And its own steel-smelting manufacture project will begin in 2019. The mini-mill will specialize in the manufacture of hot-rolled rebars. The project capacity of the first stage is 160 thousand tons a year, with the possible increase to 250 thousand tons. The company…
The Severstal-Metiz shaped sections shop has put into operation after a major overhaul its 2 thousand-tons press. Investments totaled 94.9 million rubles. The reconstruction has been carried out in 2 stages. In 2013 the electric part of the machine was modernized, decreasing energy consumption and dross creation. During the second stage in 2017 the hydraulic…
In January-October Belarus Iron and Steel Works received $969 million. According to the company statement, innovative products account for some 25% of the volume, with the major part of it produced at bars shop No. 2. In particular, the company is producing rods for world automobile manufacturers Daimler, Volkswagen, BMW, MAN, etc. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-October Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works produced 2.286 million tons of rolled metal, up by 9% YoY. According to the company statement, steel manufacture increased by 9.7%, to 2.548 million tons, and that of pig iron – by 5.6%, to 3.335 million tons. In October Mariupol Ilyich produced 244 thousand tons of rolled…
In Q3 Metinvest produced 1.276 million tons of coke, up by 11% YoY. The increase has to do with the growth of Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works output by 155 thousand tons, which has compensated for the decrease at Azovstal and Zaporozhkoks by 19 and by 14 thousand tons respectively. In 9 months coke output…
In January-September Raspadskaya enterprises mined 8.559 million tons of coal, up by 17% YoY. According to the company statement, in Q3 coal output dropped by 15% YoY, to 2.602 million tons. Sales increased by 4%, to 1.739 million tons, mostly thanks to exports (by 6%), including due to the growth of delivery to Ukraine. (Ukrainian…
