In April, Ukraine exported 3.1 million tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 18% MoM. In January-April, exports grew by 9%, to 13.4 million tons. Deliveries to metal companies increased by 8% MoM, to 2.6 million tons, but dropped by 6% YoY in 4 months, to 9.8 million tons. The manufacture of iron ore…
In January-April, Ukraine produced 3.5 million tons of bulk coke with 5% moisture, down by 3% YoY. In April, deliveries of coking coal to by-product coke plants grew by 3% MoM, to 1.29 million tons, with coal of local mining down by 25%, to 190 thousand tons, and imported – up by 10%, to 1.1…
PJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) and OJSC MMK-METIZ are among the exhibitors at the 4th specialist exhibition “SteelStructures’2019” which opened in Moscow. At the MMK and MMK-METIZ stands, visitors can see a wide range of products and technical capabilities that are of interest to manufacturers of steel structures, as this is an important…
Workers of Khaidarkan Mercury Plant have been participating in a sit-in strike since May 13, the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Mining and Metallurgical Trade Union Eldar Tadzhibaev reported. According to him, the project of the Global Environment Facility has been operating in Kyrgyzstan for several years. The facility is lobbying for Kyrgyzstan…
In January-March, aluminum ore mining decreased by 23% YoY, to 960.1 thousand tons, resulting in the drop of raw aluminum production by 9.5%, to 395.9 thousand tons. Exports of aluminum oxides and hydroxides dropped by 52%, and of raw aluminum – by 1%. Exports of primary aluminum grew by 7.8%. The main importers are Italy,…
Made in Steel-2019 exhibition has started in Milan.
Italy is traditionally one of the major MMK partners in Europe.
The company delegation at the exhibition is headed by Oleg Fedonin, director of the foreign activity and sales to car manufacturers department. (Ukrainian metal)
Yesaulskaya, a part of Raspadskaya, is one of the last mines to be constructed in USSR. The construction began in 1979, and in May 1984 the mine was commissioned. In 1997 the first 1 million tons of coal was mined, and in just two years – 2 million tons. In 2004 the miners set a…
In January-March, Russia’s exports totaled $104.9 billion, up by 1.4% YoY. The share of metal and wares was 9.5%, down from 10.4%. The share of far foreign countries decreased to 9.1% from 10.1%, while of CIS grew from 12.5%, to 12.7%. The volumes of ferroalloys exports increased by 26.1%, and of semi-finished products of iron…
In January-March, Russia’s imports totaled $53.8 billion, down by 2.4% YoY. The share of metal and metal wares was 7%, down from 7.2%. The share of far foreign countries was 5.9% (5.7%) and of CIS – 16.3% (18.6%). The volume of ferrous metals imports dropped by 18.5%, including flat rolled metal of iron and unalloyed…
Gosuglepostach and Centerenergo have to clear salary debts to miners of the Lviv-Volyn basin. “My task now is to make these enterprises start paying you”, the energy and coal industry minister Igor Nasalik said at the miners strike. According to him, the main problem is that there appeared private organizations in the coal sale scheme…
Interpipe has appointed Andrei Sanin the acting chairman of the board of the Interpipe NMTZ from May 16. Since 2018 he has been a commercial director of Interpipe Vtormet. The previous chairman of the board, Yuri Antipov, who has been serving in the office for 12 years, decided to retire. Sanin has been working with…
This year Evraz KGOK will receive its first BelAZ-75313 quarry dump trucks with the lifting capacity of 240 tons.
Previously the company ordered only 30-130-ton trucks.
This year 5 new dump trucks will arrive at KGOK. (Ukrainian metal)
In May, Zagorsky Pipe Works has shipped the last batch of pipes for this year to be used by Gazprom. The overall volume exceeded 113 thousand tons. The pipe manufacturing campaign was complete in 5 months. Large diameter pipes with the diameter of 1420 mm in three-layer outer insulation accounted for most of the volume.…
In January-April, Arctic Developments LLC, a subsidiary of SUEK, increased coal output at the Apsatskoye deposit in Zabaikalye region by 6% YoY, to 208.6 thousand tons.
Last year the enterprise mined 618.8 thousand tons of coal, up by 3% YoY.
This year output is expected to reach 620 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-April, Azovstal produced 1.209 million tons of rolled metal, down by 6.5% YoY. Steel manufacture dropped by 2.9%, to 1.359 million tons, and pig iron – by 12.2%, to 1.153 million tons. In April the company produced 325 thousand tons of rolled metal, 387 thousand tons of steel and 321 thousand tons of pig…
In April, Ukraine exported 228.5 thousand tons of pig iron valued at $75.52 million, up by 45.05% and by 92.7% MoM respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, in 4 months Ukraine exported 858.069 thousand tons of pig iron valued at $281.394 million, up by 36.7%. The share of pig iron in the overall exports…
In January-April, Ukraine decreased exports of ferrous metals via its seaports by 2.9% YoY, to 5.36 million tons. According to the Association of Sea Trade Ports of Ukraine, in particular, the export of pig iron dropped by 32%, to 773.77 thousand tons, rolled metal – by 2.6%, to 3.27 million tons, and scrap – by…
In January-April, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works increased rolled metal production by 23.1% YoY, to 1.141 million tons. Steel manufacture grew by 22.8%, to 1.304 million tons, and that of pig iron – by 2.3%, to 1.552 million tons. In April the company produced 291 thousand tons of rolled metal, 338 thousand tons of…
In January-April, Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works produced 190 thousand tons of rolled metal, down by 30% YoY. The output of steel dropped also by 30%, to 226 thousand tons, and of pig iron – by 31%, to 216 thousand tons. In April, DMZ produced 45 thousand tons of rolled metal, 61 thousand tons of…
In January-April, Zaporozhkoks decreased output by 2% YoY, to 283.2 thousand tons of coke.
At the same time, in April the company produced 70.7 thousand tons of blast furnace coke, up by 5.1 thousand tons YoY.
Zaporozhkoks produces 10% of all Ukrainian coke. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-April, Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine produced 833 thousand tons of rolled metal, up by 6.6% YoY. Steel manufacture grew by 3.9%, to 878 thousand tons, while that of pig iron dropped by 11.2%, to 785 thousand tons. In April, DMK produced 244 thousand tons of rolled metal, 251 thousand tons of steel and…
In April, Kazakhstan produced 0.389 million tons of steel, up by 7.7% YoY. In 4 months output dropped by 0.2%, to 1.524 million tons. According to the Ministry of the National Economy, the manufacture of rolled metal decreased by 20% in April, to 0,211 million tons, and by 40.7%, to 0.602 million tons in January-April.…
In January-April, Irkutsk region extracted 4630.2 kg of ore and alluvial gold, up by 7% YoY. In particular, ore gold accounted for 4304.8 kg, and alluvial gold output totaled 325.4 kg. Polyus Verninskoye extracted the most gold – 2518.4 kg. It is followed by Vysochaishiy with its subsidiary Ugakhan – 859.2 and 646.5 kg of…
In April, railroad transportation of cargo in Perm region totaled 3.9 million tons, up by 5.1% YoY. In particular, railroad transported 31.4 thousand tons of ferrous metals, up by 39.6%, and 41.4 thousand tons of iron and manganese ore, up by 90%. At the same time the transportation of scrap dropped by 11.7%, to 37…