In January-June Zagorsky Pipe Works increased pipes sales by 40% YoY. According to the company statement, it has shipped over 37 thousand tons of large and medium diameter pipes to its customers. The works has successfully delivered all the contracted pipes to Novatek, Arktikgaz and Lukoil, as well as supplied pipes of various sizes to…
In Q2 Izhorsky Pipe Works started producing and shipping large diameter pipes for the project of the Kharampur gas deposits development in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District. Under the contract concluded in late 2016, ITZ will supply over 100 thousand tons of pipes with 1220 mm diameter and 20-28 mm wall thickness of K60 steel. The plates…
In July Russia increased rolled metal output by 2.2% YoY and by 8% MoM. In January-July Russia produced 35.1 million tons of rolled metal, up by 0.7% YoY. Pig iron output in July dropped by 2.7% YoY, but increased by 6.2% MoM. In 7 months Russia produced 30.2 million tons of pig iron, down by…
Evraz ZSMK has finished the capital repairs of the blast furnace No. 2. The repair will improve work efficiency, increase the lifetime and decrease blast furnace manufacture impact on the environment. Evraz spent around 1 billion rubles on the furnace repair. In 2016 ZSMK repaired its BF1, in 2018 BF3 will be repaired. ZSMK blast…
Oskol Electrometallurgical Works has finished modernizing capacities at its bar-rolling shop No. 2. The assembly of the main and auxiliary machinery is complete. Modernization has been carried out without shutting down the main manufacture. Investments into the project exceeded 800 million rubles. Now the company will be able to increase its rolled metal output by…
PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, the largest refined nickel and palladium producer in the world, reports IFRS financial results for six months ended June 30, 2017. Consolidated revenue increased by 11% YoY, to $4.2 billion primarily owing to higher realized metal prices. EBITDA dropped by 3%, $1.7 billion primarily owing to RUB appreciation against USD and…
In January-July Ukrainian metal companies decreased exports by 20.1% YoY, to 8.48 million tons. Steel semi-finished product exports decreased by 28.4%, to 3.46 million tons, flat rolled products by 2%, to 2.92 million tons, and long rolled products by 25.3%, to 2.09 million tons. The semis share in the export structure dropped from 45.5% to…
In January-July Ukrainian by-product coke works produced 5.946 million tons of 6% moisture metallurgical coke, down by 21.4% YoY. In July coke output was 906 thousand tons, in June – 864 thousand tons. In July Ukrainian by-product coke producers increased output as local iron and steel works improved output as well. Dneprovsky Iron and Steel…