EVRAZ NTMK has for the first time shipped a lot of 240 BA220 passenger railway wheels to Deutsche Bahn, the largest German operator. BA220 railway wheels are a new product for the works. The wheels are manufactured of ER7 steel grade and demonstrate rim hardness of 235 HB and above; wheel diameter is 920 mm.…
In July Ukraine produced 1.81 million tons of steel, down by 12.9% YoY. Still, despite the decrease, Ukraine was able to outmaneuver Iran and Mexico and reach the 12th position in the world rating. In January-July the world produced 977.371 million tons of steel, up by 4.6% YoY. China still holds the 1st position with…
In July Ukraine, not counting the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea, Sevastopol and the ATO zone, produced 975 thousand tons of steel (without continuous cast semi-finished products), up by 7.8% YoY and by 16.5% MoM. According to the State Statistics Service, steel output in January-July decreased by 7.3% YoY, to 6175 thousand tons. Pig iron…
The decision to build a rotary-kiln complex at Chelyabinsk Zinc Works was taken in 2012 under the program to increase capacity. In January 2017 the complex was put into operation. The project capacity of the complex is 296 tons of zinc-containing charge per day. The sixth rotary-kiln in addition to increasing zinc output allowed increasing…
In H1 Kamensk-Uralsky Foundry Works received 74 million rubles of net profits, up by 20 million rubles YoY. The funds earned will be invested in the reconstruction of the friction plates manufacture under the Federal target program. “The Federal target program is a very serious part of our manufacturing process. It will allow Russian special…
In January-May Russia increased gold output by 2.5% YoY, to 88.92 tons, including 68.96 tons of extracted gold, 7.29 tons of by-product gold and 12.66 tons of secondary gold. Silver output in 5 months decreased by 4.7% YoY, to 380.59 tons, including 170.36 tons of extracted silver, 134.83 tons of by-product silver and 75.4 tons…
In January-June Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works invested 1.64 billion rubles into reconstruction and construction of environment protection facilities. In particular in the sinter shop MMK has reconstructed a sulfur recovery unit No. 2. An extraction system for foundries of blast furnace No. 10 with the capacity of 800 thousand cubic meters per hour has…
Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works has modernized the roller furnace in the rolling shop. This will improve the rolled metal quality and decrease expenses. The furnace is used to heat the billets to 1050 degrees C before rolling. Investments in the project totaled 15 million rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
