In 2017 Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company plans to produce 280 thousand tons of zinc, up by 8-10% YOY. Cathode copper output is expected to reach 360 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
According to TMK-Premium-Service CEO Sergey Rekin, new difficulties in hydrocarbons extraction make it necessary to invent new approaches to products used in construction and development of oil and gas shafts. That is why TMK is aiming at producing such pipes that meet all the requirements and have improved parameters. (Ukrainian metal)
All the mines in Volyn region might be operated by one newly created enterprise. The idea was voiced by the regional state administration chairman Vladimir Gunchik. “The changes are necessary, as at present the mines simply eat up state money. All the accounting and bookkeeping should be united into one and construction of mine No.…
Mednogorsk Copper-Sulfur Works, a part of UMMC, estimates its gold reserves at the Yelanskoye deposits in Voronezh region at 7.2 tons. Moreover, the deposits also hide 502.3 thousand tons of nickel, 58 thousand tons of copper, 15.3 thousand tons of cobalt, 2.9 tons of platinum and 3 tons of palladium. MMSK received the license to…
Russia’s state-owned Vnesheconombank (VEB) plans to approve restructuring of a $167 million metals and mining group Mechel’s debt until the end of this month, CEO Sergei Gorkov said on July 10. “We believe that it (restructuring) will be probably approved by the end of the month,” he said. The company said earlier it had agreed…
The decree on the prolongation of the ferrous scrap export duty on 30 euro per ton for 2 years cannot be vetoed by the president of Ukraine, the member of the parliament, the chairman of the parliament committee on industrial policy and entrepreneurship Victor Galasyuk believes. “The term to sign or veto the decree given…
According to the railroad statistics, in June direct deliveries of ferrous metals to major ship-building and repair companies totaled 7.8 thousand tons, down by 35.5% MoM and by 56% YoY. In May the results were down by 15.5% MoM, but up by 2.2% YoY. In January-June Russian ship-building and repair companies received 66.6 thousand tons…
Asha Iron and Steel Works is assembling a new electric muffle furnace at its sheet-rolling shop No. 3. When the furnace is put into operation, the cycle of thermo-chemical processing of heat- and corrosion-resistant steel and alloys will be complete. The smelting chamber of the furnace has the width 750 mm, thrice that of the…