In 2016 Mechel produced 4.252 million tons of steel, down by 2% YoY. According to the company statement, pig iron output remained on 2015 level – 4.053 million tons, while coal mining dropped by 2%, to 22.683 million tons. In Q4 2016 Mechel increased coal output by 1% QoQ, to 5.6 million tons, that of…
The minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik believes, that in 2-2.5 years Ukraine could completely stop using anthracite coal in energy sphere. According to him, the decision to switch thermal power plants from anthracite to gas-group coal was taken by the ministry after the coal supplies from the uncontrolled territories were stopped in…
It is necessary to introduce the state of emergency in the energy sector if anthracite coal supplies are not resumed in the near future, Ukrenergo Acting CEO Vsevolod Kovalchuk has stated this at a meeting of the anti-crisis energy staff. “There are 842 thousand tons of anthracite coal reserves in the storage facilities of all…
State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPFU) has confirmed the fulfillment of investment obligations by ArcelorMittal Duisburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (owner of 95.13% shares of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih) in 2016 according to Sale and Purchase Agreement. SPFU conducted the inspection at ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih on February 7-10. This is the 18th inspection of SPFU conducted directly at…
Dimosenco Holdings, an affiliate of Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov’s Onexim group, has started collecting bids for 2.5% in aluminum giant UC RUSAL at a price of $200 million, a banking source reported. The offer is in the form of accelerated bookbuilding, which indicates that Onexim may increase it, the source said. VTB Capital acts as…
Ukraine’s coal production is expected to increase by 60-80%, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk has stated. “I look at the development of coal industry with optimism. We have set a task to increase coal production by almost 60-80%, and we will achieve this result by joint efforts,” Nasalyk said. According to him,…
The program to purchase all the necessary things for Selidovugol new long faces will not be financed. This has been reported by the energy and coal industry minister Igor Nasalik, who has thanked the ministry working group for all the claims to the prices that have allowed to decrease the ministry expenses. He said that…
VIZ-Stal, a part of NLMK, has completed the first stage of transformer rolled metal thermal treatment machinery modernization. In particular, 8 new stands of bell furnaces have replaced outdated machinery, improving the reliability of the furnaces and decreasing expenses. Within the first stage of the modernization program 7% of all the stands at VIZ-Stal have…