As part of his working trip to Pavlodar region, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev visited the Bozshakol mining and processing complex. During the visit, CEO of Kaz Minerals PLC Oleg Novachuk told Prime Minister Sagintayev that the complex was set to produce 100,000 tons of copper annually when it reached its designed capacity. Some…
PAO Severstal, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated steel and steel-related mining companies, has acquired from Gazprombank rights for loans and accrued interest of Metal-group LLC worth over 12 billion rubles as well as collateral for the loans. Metal-group LLC is the owner of the mining license for the central part of Yakovlevsky iron-ore…
In January-June Kamensk-Uralsky Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works produced 9.3 thousand tons of non-ferrous rolled metal as well as 1.4 thousand tons of powder, up by 14.2% YoY. The share of KUZOTsM in the Russian non-ferrous metals output increased by 3%, to 36%. The company has also increase sales by 15% YoY. In particular, rolled copper…
Sumy NPI (Ukraine) and ArcelorMittal Temirtau have signed an agreement on the delivery of liquid-packed ring pumps and their rotors. According to Sumy NPO chief sales manager Oleg Semesenko, the company will supply 2 VVN2-150m pumps and three rotors. The capacity of the machinery is 150 cubic meters per minute. The weight of each pump…
In January-June Kemerovo region enterprises increased coal output by 10% YoY, to 118.3 million tons, with exports up by 15%. The highest growth was demonstrated by SUEK-Kuzbass (by 1.8 million tons), Kiyzassky Open-Pit (by 1.7 million tons), Kuzbassrazrezugol (by 1.2 million tons), Raspadskaya Coal Company and Stroyservice (by 1.1 million tons each). Coal deliveries to…
Gaysky Mining and Processing Works has started constructing the new electronic scale complex to weigh products sent via automobiles from the copper and zinc concentrate warehouse of the processing factory. The estimated cost of the construction is 6.3 million rubles. The new complex will be put in operation in the second half of the year.…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has smelted the first large billet weighing 50 tons. The new technology to produce super-sized billets of special steel grades will allow ChMK to enter a new market and sell locally, as well as export. There are not many companies in the world capable of producing such billets, as the…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine is finishing preparations to start operations. According to the company technical director Konstantin Nesvet, on July 21 it is planned to start loading the blast furnace No. 9. The converter shop started receiving water for cooling, and the section rolling shop prepares to put its heating furnace into operation. Raw…