Uskovskaya mine is one of the best coal enterprises of Kuzbass as to output. 1 million tons of coal have been mined from two long faces – 50-10 and 50-08 (put into operation in May). The target was reached in 4 months. Each month the miners yield 250 thousand tons of coal. The first 1…
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has set a new manufacturing record making 75 smeltings on two converters in one shift. The new schedule on smelting has been prepared with the help of manufacture and orders planning department. Severstal-Vtorchermet supplied enough scrap. The previous record was set in June 2015 – 70 smeltings. (Ukrainian metal)
Severstal has received the certificate that the V550V steel for concrete reinforcement with the diameter of 10-32 mm produced by Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works meets all requirements of the Latvian state standards LVS 191-1:2012 and LVS 191-1:2012/AS:2015. Severstal became the first foreign supplier of rebars to be certified according to these standards. (Ukrainian metal)
On June 27 the Iron and Steel Works named after Komintern was on fire. “The roof of the manufacturing premises was in fire. The size of the fire was 250 square meters. There were no casualties”, the emergency service reported. According to the witnesses, the pipe shop was in flames. Kominmet produces steel pipes and…
The Zaporizhstal computer network has become a target of the virus attack. But the computer system has been saved, as the threat has been timely found. When the threat has been discovered, the decision has been taken to switch all computers off. At present all the metal manufacture at the works is operating in normal…
Evraz has reported that its information system has been attacked by hackers. “There was a malfunction in the net. The main manufacture is operating. There is no threat to the employees and the enterprises. The specialists are dealing with the situation”, the group said. (Ukrainian metal)
Valki-Ilmenit, despite the cancellation of license, goes on mining raw materials in Zhytomir region for Crimean Titanium, connected with Dmitry Firtash. “On the territory of Zhytomir region there is Valki-Ilmenit LLC, a sole quarry which supplies raw materials to the occupied Crimea, to Crimean Titanium. On March 28, the State Geology Service cancelled its license…
Poland’s Weglokoks has no plans to import coal from Russia, the company said in a statement following a report by newspaper Rzeczpospolita that it plans to do so due to the lack of own production. “There are many possible directions of coal imports. They are currently being analyzed, but preliminary understanding of the markets already…
