On September 4, Belarus Iron and Steel Works smelted the 50-millionth ton of steel. Each year the jubilee tons are reached sooner thanks to the reconstruction at the works. The 20-millionth ton was produced in 2004, 20 years after the production started. In early 2013 the works produced the 40-millionth ton. In 4.5 years BMZ…
Rusal announces the manufacture of the first in Russia high-voltage power transformer with aluminum winding. The project was carried out by the Engineering-Construction division in 2016-2017 within the program to improve the stability of electric equipment operation at Rusal aluminum plants. The first transformer has already arrived at the Bratsk Aluminum Works. Rusal plans to…
At the Horizon mine in the pro-Russia terrorist-occupied Makeevka following the accident at least two miners perished. The accident happened on September 1, when the mine was flooded. The body of a miner – the Makeevka citizen (born 1987) – was recovered. Soon after that the body of another miner was found – also Makeevka…
The Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kanat Bozumbayev, has dubbed the troubled facilities in terms of the preparation for the upcoming heating season. “In a number of regions, there are outstanding issues that require additional measures to ensure the stability of the upcoming heating season,” Kanat Bozumbayev said at a government session.…
The Supreme Commercial Court of Ukraine has left unchanged the ruling of the Kiev commercial court of appeals as to the volume of the main debt of Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine to Metinvest at 5.19 billion UAH instead of 2.566 billion UAH. At the same time the ruling of the Commercial court of Kiev…
The Lviv region state administration is against uniting all the state mines into one company, the administration fuel and energy saving department director Mikhail Melnik reported. “We don’t like the idea of turning separate enterprises into manufacturing subdivisions. We want money invested into each mine, we want them modernized. The country is carrying out the…
On September 1 a new standard TK 99 “Aluminum” GOST R 57454-2017 “Primary aluminum and the alloys on its basis. Forms of output and delivery. Marking, packaging, transportation and storage” developed by the Aluminum Association came into effect. The goal of the standard is to improve the quality and competitiveness of aluminum products, and update…
Rost Bank has filed a bankruptcy claim to the Arbitrary court of Sverdlovsk region as to Rezhnickel. The amount of the claim is 202.6 million rubles. In late August Rost Bank filed a similar claim as to Ufaleinickel, demanding 202.6 million rubles as well. Rusal enterprises in the Ural Federal District stopped operating because of…