In 2016 Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works increased rolled metal supplies to Georgia by 30% YoY. Total supplies to the Transcaucasia countries last year exceeded 150 thousand tons, or 16% of all deliveries to the neighbor foreign countries. The company notes good prospects to increase exports to the region. (Ukrainian metal)
Within the framework of Metalloinvest operational improvements program Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Works is repairing drying drums at the processing factory shop No. 4. Four major improvements have already been done, which improved the drying efficiency with the total annual effect of 26 million rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
The demands of the striking miners from Evraz Sukhaya Balka have not changed. They demand the increase of wages by 30% from May 1, with the following increase by the end of the year to the equivalent of 1 thousand euros, the Independent Miners Union chairman Mikhail Volynets reported. But the administration is unmoved –…
Energomashspetsstal has shipped a batch of rolls to Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. According to the company statement, the totals weight of the rolls is 121.82 tons, they will be used in hot-rolling strip mills. The corresponding contract was concluded in January. By the end of the year EMSS will have supplied 371.78 tons…
On May 15 the government of India imposed final antidumping duties for 5 years on some types of cold-rolled metal originating from Ukraine, South Korea, China and Japan. The duty is the difference between the customs cost of the cold-rolled steel and $576 per ton. The investigation was started on the request of Steel Authority…
In January-April Russia exported 58.216 million tons of coal, up by 3% YoY. According to the Ministry of energy, in April coal exports reached 14.9 million tons. Coal output in January-April totaled 132.62 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
The United Mining and Chemical Company will spend 50% of its 2016 net profits to pay dividends, having sent 338.849 million UAH to the state budget. The decree on the dividends payment was approved by the Ministry of economical development and trade on April 28, and UMCC received it on May 13. The dividends have…
The stocks of anthracite at thermal power plants increased by 10.9%, to 464 thousand tons, from May 10 through May 15. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, Centerenergo increased stocks of the Zmiev TPP from 49.3 thousand tons to 74.4 thousand tons. Tekhnova LLC increased anthracite stocks at Darnitsa and Cherkassy TPPs…
