Russia has enough coking coal for 25 years, the minister of energy Alexander Novak declared. “Industrial stocks of operating enterprises as of January 1 totaled 1.183 billion tons. Last year we mined 43.694 million tons. Thus we have enough coking coal for 25 years”, he said. (Ukrainian metal)
United Metallurgical Company has chosen Danieli (Italy) as the main supplier and assembler of the pipe quality control, thermal treatment and processing line. The machinery, supplied within the program of modernization, will be installed at Vyksa Iron and Steel Works in the pipe electric arc shop No. 1. The line is expected to be put…
Metallinvest-Ufa supplies rolled metal for one of the largest housing construction project of the city for the past years. The Planet district will have blocks-of-flats, a kindergarten for 270 children, a school for 1200 students and a stadium. The company has also participated in the construction of the Kronospan works, having supplied 2 thousand tons…
In January-March Mechel increased steel output by 8% YoY, to 1.121 million tons. According to the company statement, pig iron output went up by 4%, to 1.046 million tons, flat rolled metal manufacture increased by 20%, to 153 thousand tons, bars – dropped by 4%, to 705 thousand tons. The production of beams, rails and…
Ural Steel, a part of Metalloinvest, has in advance finished the scheduled capital repair of the furnace shop casting machine No. 3. The shop operates 5 casting machines. Each of them undergoes an overhaul every three years according to the schedule. Repairmen have 30 days to conduct all the work. (Ukrainian metal)
Metalloinvest net profits increased 2.2-fold YoY in January-March, to $391 million. The company earnings went up by 85.1%, to $1.52 billion rubles, mostly thanks to the considerable increase of iron ore and steel products average prices, as well as the increase of high added value products sales. EBITDA jumped 2.9-fold, to $527 million. The mining…
The net profit of Russian metals and mining group Mechel, attributable to shareholders, jumped to 13.902 billion rubles in January-March from 312 million rubles in the same period of 2016, as calculated under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the company said in a statement on May 31. Consolidated revenue increased by 24%, to 77.414 billion…
In 2016 Zaporizhstal increased profits by 89.6% YoY, to 5.2 billion UAH ($201 million). According to Metinvest statement, Zaporizhstal earnings dropped by 9.7%, to $1.321 billion, while its EBITDA increased by 7.8%, to $165 million. Metinvest owns 49.9% of Zaporizhstal shares, 24% of Zaporozhye Iron Ore Complex, 42.8% in Zaporozhkoks and 49.2% in Zaporozhogneupor. Yuzhniy…