Russia: MMK turns into public JSC

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works held an annual meeting of the shareholders. They have approved of the annual report and the accounting report for 2016, as well as decided to pay dividends for 2016 in the amount of 1.242 rubles per share. Earlier the shareholders received dividends for the first half of 2016 in the…

Russia: GPTI to produce seamless pipes

Gazpromtrubinvest intends to enter the new segments of the market, where the pipes, which cannot be welded, are used. Thus the company will build a seamless pipe manufacture. A three-roll technology will be used to reach the precision of the welded products. After the construction is complete, GPTI will have a unique manufacturing complex to…