OMZ-Spetsstal has finished producing two shells of the steam-generator body for the Tianwan nuclear power plant unit No. 8. The outer diameter of each shell is 4.5 meters, the height is 2.5 and 3.2 meters and the combined weight – 87 tons. The corresponding contract was signed in July. Under the contract OMZ-Spetsstal will produce…
In January-October Ukraine decreased pipe output by 6.5% YoY, to 800 thousand tons, with some 70 thousand tons produced in October. In particular, Ukrtruboprom association enterprises decreased output by 7.5%, to 626.5 thousand tons, including 42.9 thousand tons in October. Interpipe-NTZ manufacture dropped by 19.6%, to 193.2 thousand tons (11 thousand tons in October), Interpipe…
In January-October Ukraine produced 134 million tons of non-sintered iron ore, down by 0.1% YoY. In particular, in October 13.3 million tons of ore were mined, up by 1.2% YoY. At the same time manufacture of non-sintered iron ore concentrate grew by 4.9%, to 52.8 million tons, while of sintered dropped less than by 0.1%,…
In September Russia exported 2.4 thousand tons of titanium, up by 1% MoM and by 4% YoY. Deliveries to USA grew by 23%, to 684 tons, while to Germany dropped from 611 tons to 596 tons. In January-September exports totaled 20.7 thousand tons, down by 1.6% YoY. In monetary terms since the start of the…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has applied an innovative method of coke oven batteries Nos. 1-2 repair. It is based on ceramic welding of deep cracks with subsequent injection of powder mixtures to seal small cracks in the refractory brickwork of coke ovens. Such a method to reduce emissions is already being used in Europe, but in…
The Ministry of Energy and Environmental Protection has set for the near future a priority task of eliminating unprofitable state-owned mines, re-profiling miners, and creating new jobs for them, that’s according to Minister Oleksiy Orzhel. Orzhel spoke of a “comprehensive program” worked out for each mine. “Unfortunately, there will be mines, which we have in…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine has put the previously shut down blast furnace No. 9 into operation. Since mid-September DMK has been operating with only one of its three blast furnaces – No. 1-M. In July-September the company was repairing the blast furnace No. 9, but failed to commission it. On November 24 raw materials…