In January-September Lipetsk region foreign turnover increased by 42.5% YoY, to 3.4 billion rubles. According to the local customs office, exports increased by 42.6%, to $2.8 billion, imports – by 42%, to $223 million. NLMK ferrous metals accounted for 96.5% of the total exports. (Ukrainian metal)
The Pipe Metallurgical Company will supply daughter companies of Lukoil with some 18.4 thousand tons of casing pipes with premium TMK UP joints. According to the company statement, TMK will deliver 12 thousand tons of pipes to Lukoil-West Siberia and 6.4 thousand tons to Lukoil-Komi. The pipes of 114-339 mm diameter will feature the GreenWell…
Agrisovgaz has started producing high-precision castings of aluminum alloys using vacuum-film molding. The castings are made on the modern equipment. The products are tested for quality on site. The company can now produce castings of 2-80 kg of aluminum and zinc alloys with the capacity of 600 tons per year. (Ukrainian metal)
At the Novogrodovskaya mine of the state enterprise Selidovugol in Donetsk region 34 miners of the first shift refused to go above ground. According to the chairman of the International Miners Union of Ukraine Mikhail Volynets, they demand paying salary. “The miners want their salary debts cleared”, he wrote on his Facebook page. (Ukrainian metal)
“An investor from China doesn’t modernize production at Makmalzoloto,” Kyrgyzaltyn JSC cited deputy of the parliament Kozhobek Ryspayev. Yesterday he said that the investor, who was ready to work at Makmal, was tripped up. Kyrgyzaltyn specified that it was not a question of modernizing the existing production at Makmalzoloto plant. Kyrgyzaltyn signed an agreement with…
The Verkhovnaya Rada budget committee has rearranged funds, which will allow paying salary to miners. “Some 306 million UAH will be spent to clear salary debts to miners”, Mikhail Volynets, the chairman of the Independent Miners Union of Ukraine, wrote on his Facebook page. In particular, Mirnogradugol, where employees of only one mine were paid…
Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works has become a member of the International association of manufacturers, sellers and consumers of welding electrodes and equipment Electrode. This will strengthen the company partner relations and expand its sales market. The Association unites 32 companies from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. “BMK joining the Association is an important event for…
ArcelorMittal Temirtau will invest $21 million into the strategically important steel project. At present the ladle furnace construction is nearing its end. Its commissioning is scheduled for late Q2 2018. “The converter shop is undergoing a serious repair. This year we carried out 21 investment projects there. The most important for the steel manufacture is…