Evraz ZSMK has started producing V500V wire rod with the 10-40 mm diameter according to the British standard. This will allow Evraz to increase exports volume of wire rod and strengthen its position on the foreign market of construction rolled metal. The trial batch has been tested by CARES and confirmed its correspondence to BS…
On August 3 the miners of the mine named after Kapustin refused to start working because of the Ministry of energy and coal industry not fulfilling its promise to clear salary debts. According to the Lisichanskugol coal miners union chairman Vladimir Ivanishin, the miners will resume operation only after the salary is paid to them…
Some 90% of scrap, supplied to TMK companies, is provided by TMK Chermet. Daily over 3 thousand tons of scrap are delivered to Seversk, Volzhsk and Taganrog works. Since the start of the year TMK Chermet has been exceeding the delivery plans by 14% on average. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June Severstal supplied over 315 thousand tons of rolled metal to Russian machine-building companies, up by 27% YoY. “The growth of the deliveries was the result of the metal consumption increase in some industry sectors, as well as the unique offer of Severstal to Russian machine-builders,” Severstal Russian steel sales director Yevgeniy Chernyakov said.…
The prolongation of the 30 euro per ton export duty on scrap for 1 year is good for economy. According to the president of Ukrmetallurgprom Alexander Kalenkov, 1 ton of scrap processed into metal yields 5-6 times more to the budget than that ton exported. “Each ton of scrap not exported but turned into metal…
NLMK Group is embarking on the second stage of its project to implement High Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR) technology at the Stoilensky beneficiation plant, NLMK Mining Division core asset. Four HPGRs were installed in 2016 at two of the four sections of the beneficiation plant. The HPGR technology, unparalleled in Russia, has delivered a 12.5%…
UC RUSAL has commissioned a $1.14 million two-stage gas purification unit at Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Smelter to make sodium sulfate used for production of pulp, glass and construction materials, the company said in a statement on August 3. The unit has been tested and made over 50 tons of the product. According to preliminary assessment, RUSAL…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine has resumed manufacture of rolled metal – 50×50 angles and wire rod. The company has also resumed manufacture of billets for milling balls with the diameter of 40 mm. One ball mill has been put into operation. The rolling shop has enough scrap to operate. The sinter shop operates 4…