Russia: MMK confirms energy management system efficiency

MMK has successfully confirmed the correspondence of its energy management system to the ISO 50001. The certification was obtained in September 2016. According to the company statement, the supervisory audit has confirmed that since the certification the energy management system has been corresponding to the standard and no inconsistencies have been found. The auditors have…

CIS: steel output up in September 2017

In September Russia produced 6.025 million tons of steel, up by 5.8% YoY (6.226 million tons in August). In 9 months steel output totaled 54.203 million tons, up by 2.8% YoY. In September Ukraine produced 1.845 million tons of steel, down by 0.8% YoY (1.905 million tons in August). In January-September steel output totaled 16.138…

Ukraine: Dneprometiz changes board of directors

Dneprometiz has changed the board of directors. According to the company statement, the chairman of the board Sergey Kovryakov, as well as members of the board Andrei Zyshov, Vitaly Palabugin and Sergey Vinogradov resigned. Victoria Zinkevich and Oleg Zheltkov have been appointed instead. In 2016 Dneprometiz received 34.73 million UAH of profits as opposed to…