Lvivugol welcomes the increase of coal price for power-generating companies and combined heat and power plants. “I am sure that coal mined in Ukraine should not cost less than that purchased in other countries. If the difference in prices is removed, this will provide for the stable development of the mining industry and would stimulate…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih plans to have finished construction of the coke battery No. 5 by H1 2018. According to the project and program director of the investment and engineering department Yegor Klimenko, the cost of the project to reconstruct the coke battery No. 6 begun in July is $128 million, and together with coke battery…
One more license has been given in the Republic of Khakasia to conduct activities connected with ferrous and non-ferrous scrap. The company to receive the license was Sorsk Mining and Processing Works. Now SGOK may procure, store, process and sell such a scrap. At present there are 43 licenses to conduct this activity in the…
Over 800 tons of Evraz rails have been shipped to the city of Nizhniy Novgorod to construct the railroad to the new subway station of Strelka. For this order Evraz ZSMK produced R50 rails with the length of 25 meters. Evraz rails have been used in most of Russian and CIS subways. They have been…
Severstal positively assesses the results of its E-store operation. “An Internet store is no competitor to traditional ways of selling our products, but an additional way to cooperate with the clients. The constantly growing number of users shows that this way of communication is in demand”, Severstal Management marketing director Dmitry Gorshkov noted. According to…
Vyksa Iron and Steel Works has produced the first batch of high-speed wheels for Estonia. The diameter of the wheels is 870-880 mm, and they are specifically built for the speed of 200 km per hour and will be used at the Stadler FLIRT passenger trains. “Such wheels, just like any other products for high-speed…
The new subdivision of Metinvest – the Technical Service Department – will deal with orders and technical support of customers, the department director, ex-CEO of Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works Yuri Zinchenko said. “I’m currently chairing a new and very important division, it’s new both for the company and for the industry – the…
Ukrainian metal companies expect the Turkish import duties to be lifted. At present the two countries are negotiating trade. “We hope that as the result of the talks duties on our products will be cancelled altogether or step by step. Any country is interested in the exports of high value added products. The market of…