Construction of a crane trestle has been completed at the smelting shop of Kola MMC (Nornickel Group). The engineering structure will optimize the operation of hoisting-and-conveying equipment in the shop and avoid scheduled downtime. Three overhead cranes serving shop’s main aisle are intended for charging materials into converters and casting of converted matte. According to…
The 280 mill of ZEMZ turns 75 years old. The mill, situated in the rolling shop No. 1, rolls circular section coils with 8-14 mm diameter, as well as rods of 14-26 mm diameter. Despite its age the mill copes well with all the tasks. In particular, in July it produced 306 tons of metal.…
Nornickel Group has increased its stake in Krasnoyarsk River Port’s authorized capital to 93.7% of the ordinary (voting) shares. The transactions were carried out as part of the strategy of Nornickel’s transportation and logistics function, which focuses on boosting the efficiency and streamlining the management of the group’s transportation assets. The price of Krasnoyarsk River…
The pipe-rolling shop No. 1 of Seversk Pipe Works has successfully finished scheduled repair and modernization works. The modernization of the FQM continuous casting machine and the pipe-finishing site lasted for 14 days. As the result, the exploitation characteristics of the shop machinery have improved, and the FQM mill operational stability has increased, which will…
The decision of the state company Ukrzaliznytsia to introduce free price of cargo wagons makes Ukrainian scrap-procuring companies nervous. The ability to set prices for wagons will result in the increase of their price and the growth of expenses of all market participants, the UAVtormet association letter to the minister of economic development and trade…
In January-June KAZ Minerals produced 118 thousand tons of copper, up from 56 thousand tons in H1 2016. According to the company statement, it is sure of reaching the output target for this year of 225-260 thousand tons. “We are gradually increasing output at Aktogai processing factory”, the group CEO Oleg Novachuk declared. The project…
The Ministry of economy and trade of Mexico has set up preliminary compensation duties on imports of seamless steel pipes from Ukraine, as well as South Korea, Spain and India. Duty for Ukrainian pipe makers is $170.11 per ton. The antidumping investigation began on December 15, 2016, and covers the time frame from April 1,…
Energomashspetsstal has supplied a batch of working rolls to ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih. The order has been made under the contract concluded in March. The total weight of 4 rolls is 132.530 tons. The rolls will be used in bar-rolling mills. EMSS and AMKR have been cooperating since 2011. (Ukrainian metal)