The Industrial Union of Donbass Corporation is still controlling the Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works, situated on the Russia-supported terrorist-occupied territory of Lugansk region. According to a source, after the cargo stopped crossing the demarcation line, the militants of the so-called Lugansk People’s Republic did not make any attempts to take over the enterprise. At…
In July Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works produced 1.052 million tons of concentrate, up by 13.8% YoY. According to the company statement, its sinter output dropped by 33.3%, to 152.8 thousand tons. In January-July UGOK produced 7.133 million tons of concentrate and 1.046 million tons of sinter, up by 12.6% YoY and down by 8.9%…
In January-June Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works received $538 million of net profit, up by 10.7% YoY. According to the company statement, its EBITDA increased by 29.2%, to $907 million, earnings grew by 37.8%, to $3,586 billion. In 2016 MMK produced 12.5 million tons of steel, up by 2.5% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
Stoilensky Mining and Processing Works (an NLMK Group company, core asset of NLMK Mining Division) has embarked on the implementation of a predictive management system for ore crushing and beneficiation processes. In the long run, this will enable an increase in the efficiency of the beneficiation equipment to 400,000 tons of concentrate per year. Twenty…
ChZPSN-Profnastil has increased its manufacturing capacities of light steel thin-walled structures used in construction. In addition to a Samesor line (sections with the thickness of 1-4 mm), the company has put into operation a Zeman line (1.2-4 mm thick sections with the height of 100-400 mm). The company can now produce S- and Z-sections. (Ukrainian…
Losses of the state enterprise Donetsk regional railroads (DZhD), a part of the state enterprise Ukrzaliznytsia, will soon grow to 6-65 million UAH per month because the railway authorities cannot provide for the full-scale cargo connection with the city of Mariupol. “I’ve read somewhere that in July DZhD did not receive 42 million UAH of…
Some private Ukrainian companies are buying power coal in Russia at $78-82 per ton. But, according to the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik, these deliveries could be stopped at any moment by a decision of a single person. “I can not say that Russian coal is cheap, but some companies do buy…
According to the Federal Customs Service, in January-June Russia exported 20.713 million tons of ferrous metals, down by 3.5% YoY. In particular, exports to far foreign countries amounted to 17.75 million tons, up by 6.3%, valued at $7.4 billion, while exports to the CIS countries increased by 18.2%, to 2.96 million tons ($1.5 billion). Steel…
