Within the strategic cooperation with Transneft, Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Works has modernized its machinery of large diameter pipe quality control. The investments totaled 244 million rubles. “Transneft is one of the key customers of ChTPZ. Taking into account their demands we have decided to modernize the machinery. The project has been carried out without stopping the…
Trubodetal (Chelyabinsk, a part of OMK) has successfully passed the American Petroleum Institute audit. The auditors checked the quality management system according to API Specification Q1, edition 9, and ISO 9001:2008. “Now all our customers working in oil and gas transportation demand international certificates, so each audit is important for us. This is always a…
For the first time TMK-INOX produced a batch of electric-welded stainless (austenitic) steel pipes to be used under high pressure in aggressive environment requiring high corrosion-resistance, the company’s media office reports. Manufacture of new size-types of electric-welded stainless steel pipes along with the regular range is part of import substitutions program. TMK-INOX is one of…
In Q1 Metalloinvest produced 10.07 Mt of iron ore, up by 0.4% YoY. Production of nodules grew by 0.2%, to 5.98 Mt, while production of direct reduced iron dropped by 0.6%, to 1.47 Mt. Pig iron production dropped by 14.6%, to 0.64 Mt. Steel smelting increased by 12.6%n to 1.23 Mt. In Q1 iron ore…
In January-April major companies – Nikopol and Zaporozhye Ferro Alloys Works – increased ferroalloys output by 4.9% YoY, to 334.54 thousand tons. According to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers, silicomanganese output went up by 1.2%, to 261.49 thousand tons, and of ferromanganese – by 51.7%, to 39.45 thousand tons. Ferrosilicon production dropped by 5.6%,…
In 2016 Russia received 940 thousand tons of anthracite and 95 thousand tons of other coal from occupied territories of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. These are only the volumes that have been officially included in the Russian Railroads statistics. In 2015 Russia illegally took some 1.3 million tons of anthracite from the occupied territories. Donbass…
In January-April the Nizhniy Novgorod subsidiary of the First Cargo Company (PGK) transported 162 thousand tons of ferrous scrap via the Gorkovskaya railroad, up by 9% YoY. “The positive dynamics is connected with the increase in transportation of NLMK and Severstal products, the railroad discount on local scrap deliveries, as well as the development of…
In January-April gold-extracting factory of Yubileyniy Mining and Processing Works, a part of Amur Zoloto, processed 28592 tons of ore and produced 364.2 kg of gold and 278.6 kg of silver. Perevalniy GOK mined 28513 tons of ore, transporting 27929 tons to Yubileiniy GOK. The construction of a processing factory is underway. All in all…
