In September Karabashmed will start replacing converters in its metallurgical shop. The company intends to increase output to 130 thousand tons of raw copper per year and improve environment safety by implementing the gas-purifying system. The converters will be put into operation in the middle of the next year. At present the company operates 3…
In January-June Russian Railroads bought 553.5 thousand tons of rails. All the rails are bought from Russian manufacturers. In particular Evraz supplied 397.1 thousand tons of rails, and Mechel – 156.4 thousand tons. This year Russian Railroads intends to buy around 1 million tons of rails: some 700 thousand tons from Evraz and 330 thousand…
The Belarus Iron and Steel Works section-rolling shop No. 2 has produced 1 million tons of metal since the start of its operations. The event took place on July 16, the Day of the Metallurgists. In H1 2017 the shop sold 256.3 thousand tons of metal valued at $112.4 million, exporting 215.2 thousand tons (84%)…
In January-June the Pipe Metal Company increased sales by 4.1% YoY, to 1.808 million tons. The increase was spurred mostly by the demand growth for seamless pipes, the company said in a statement. Seamless pipes sales increased by 16.9%, to 1.346 million tons. Welded pipes sales dropped by 21%, to 462 thousand tons due to…
By the end of the year Rusal intends to have finished negotiations with the banks on loans to complete construction of Tayshet Aluminum Works. “We’re negotiating with VEB on a rather advanced stage. But there is no word from Rushydro yet. As soon as they say anything, we will draw financing together”, Rusal strategy, business…
In 2017 VSMPO-Avisma intends to keep earnings on the previous year level – 76 billion rubles. Sales are expected to increase by 15.8%, to 28.3 thousand tons. The strengthening of the ruble negatively affects the ruble reports, the ruble equivalent of exports decreases, and that’s some 70% of all earnings. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June Zaporozhye Iron Ore Complex mined 2.021 million tons of iron ore, or 100.1% of the plan, at the same time down by 7.2% YoY. The average Fe content in ore in H1 was 61.22%, or 101.3% of the plan. The company sold 2.095 million tons of ore, or 97.7% of the plan. In…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman on July 16 congratulated employees of the mining and metallurgical complex on their professional holiday, the government’s portal reports. In his speech on the occasion, the prime minister said: “The industry incurred heavy economic and infrastructure losses from the Russian-terrorist occupation of separate regions in Donbas, as well as…