In January-June Severstal increased purchases of goods and services from small and medium enterprises of Vologda region by 1.7 billion rubles YoY. According to the company statement, total cost of products and services purchased in Vologda region constituted 10.6 billion rubles, up by 19% YoY. At present Severstal cooperates with almost 300 Vologda region companies.…
In January-June Izhstal increased output and sales by 31% YoY. Metal sales reached 204 thousand tons. In particular the company produced 152 thousand tons of steel, up by 34% YoY, and 173 thousand tons of rolled metal, up by 13% YoY. High margin sales showed the most growth: alloyed products sales increased 1.6-fold, while speed…
Ukraine should try not to take measures, which contradict the World Trade Organization principles and the DCFTA, for example, the imposing of export duties on metal scrap. “The EU doesn’t see the prolongation of the additional export duty on scrap as positive. This is a fundamental issue”, the chairman of Ukraine support group in the…
In June world pig iron manufacture increased by 2.1% YoY, to 99.603 million tons, according to the World Steel Association. China remains the world leader with 61.678 million tons of pig iron produced in June. Ukraine is on the 9th position, having produced 1.52 million tons of pig iron. In January-June Ukraine produced 10.957 million…
PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih continues the work on relocation of the citizens out of the zone of probable ground motion on Saksahanskiy district of Kriviy Rih city and the company is ready to purchase each premises located at Lavrenyova and Chystopilska streets (“Zhukovka village”), at price of UAH 425 thousand under condition of execution of…
The board of directors of RusHydro may discuss participation in projects of aluminum giant UC RUSAL in August, RusHydro CEO Nikolai Shulginov reported on August 3. “So far no decision has been made. We will submit it to the next meeting of the board in autumn. So far we’ve only held a meeting of the…
Cargo throughput at St. Petersburg based Neva-Metal container / general cargo terminal in January-July edged up by 1% YoY, to nearly 1,8 million tons, the stevedoring company reported. In the seven-month period container traffic at the terminal totaled nearly 55,000 TEUs. CJSC Neva-Metal is a part of a transport division of Severstal Russian Steel of…
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service will toughen control over coal producers’ registration of over-the-counter sales of steam coal, the service said in a statement on August 2. The service said citing Deputy Head Anatoly Golomolzin that the failure of companies to duly register the deals prevented the market from forming a liquid price index for steam…
