In January-May Ukraine produced 408.7 thousand tons of ferrous pipes, up by 24.2% YoY, with 85.4 thousand tons produced in May. Ukrtruboprom enterprises produced 273.4 thousand tons in 5 months, up by 30.9% YoY, with 57.5 thousand tons in May. Khartsyzsk Pipe Works, situated on Ukraine-uncontrolled territory, in January-May produced 3.4 thousand tons of pipes,…
The European Commission has imposed final antidumping duties on the Belarus Iron and Steel Works rebars. The size of the duty is 10.6%. That’s below the December 2016 preliminary level of 12.5%. The investigation on the Belarusian rebars started in March 2016 on request from Eurofer. According to the company, in 2015 imports of Belarusian…
Zaporizhstal presented its blast furnace No. 3 reconstruction solutions at the Hexagon international conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The report was presented by the capital construction and investment director Alexei Lebedev. The report touched upon details of the reconstruction site and a very small territory. The company specialists have developed a number of innovative solutions…
The Belarus Iron and Steel Works will redistribute shipments due to the European Union introducing customs duties on Belarusian reinforcement bars, BMZ Director General Anatoly Savenok declared. He noted: “A strategy has been developed to redistribute our shipments to other target markets. Russia is one of them since the eastern neighbor is gradually recovering.” Polish…
Sumy scientific-manufacturing enterprise named after Frunze is finishing the order of Severniy Mining and Processing Works. The order presupposes the manufacture of two liquid-packed ring vacuum pumps. “One is ready, has been tested, painted and will soon be shipped. The second one is being assembled”, the enterprise said. These pumps are of the most powerful…
Ingulskaya mine of the state enterprise VostGOK has stopped mining uranium ore. According to the mine union, the operation stopped on May 31, and the idleness has already resulted in the decrease of output by 45 million UAH, while the local and state budgets will not receive some 2.9 million UAH of various taxes. The…
VIZ-Stal has started the second stage of its machinery modernization. The combined total of both stages is 350 million rubles. This year the company will put 30 stands of bell type furnace in operation. By 2021 the company will have replaced 70% of its bell type furnaces. VIZ-Stal is a major world and the largest…
Sberbank has opened a 800-million ruble loan to Pskovvtormet. The money will be spent to finance the company current activity and fulfill current obligations. Pskovvtormet was created in 1993 and is a leading enterprise in Pskov region, procuring, processing and selling ferrous scrap and wastes. The company has 16 sites in various regions, with several…
