In January-March Zaporozhogneupor increased unmolded refractories output by 15% YoY, to 1.831 thousand tons. At the same time molded refractories output (refractory concretes, mixes and masses) decreased by 5%, to 24.222 thousand tons. In March the company produced 9207 tons of molded and 489 tons of unmolded refractories. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2016 Russian Copper Company received 3.957 billion rubles of net profits. Among its main enterprises Mikheevsky GOK yielded the most: its profits reached 3.874 billion rubles. Aktyubinsk Copper Company (Kazakhstan) received 3.34 billion rubles of net profits, Karabashmed – 2.523 billion rubles, Kyshtym Copper Smelting Works – 1.34 billion rubles. Aleksandrinskaya Mining Company received…
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works, a part of Severstal, has started assembling the main equipment for the new coating shop No. 3. The crane with the lifting capacity 35/15 tons has already been assembled. The crane costing 50 million rubles has been especially developed for this site. “Thanks to the new shop our company will…
As of early April 10, anthracite stocks at the thermal power plants totaled 399.5 thousand tons, down by 10.1% WoW. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, gas-coal stocks increased by 2.7%, to 1.42 million tons. More than half of the anthracite (203.7 thousand tons) is stored at the Lugansk TPP. Altogether coal…
Zaporizhstal has completed the large-scale assembly at the blast furnace No. 3 being reconstructed. “We’re carrying out electric and technical work and starting testing the equipment”, the company CEO Rostislav Shurma said. The gigantic crane Mammoet with the lifting capacity of 1600 tons has finished its work at the reconstruction. Soon it will be disassembled…
Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works, occupied by the Donetsk People’s Republic terrorist organization, has to receive the first batch of raw materials this week. “We have signed all the necessary documents. With the new raw materials we will be able to resume operation at EMZ”, the Donetsk militants leader Alexander Zakharchenko said. (Ukrainian metal)
Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works, a part of Mechel, has prolonged its loan line from Gazprombank till April 2022. According to the company statement, the volume of the loan is 3.1 billion rubles, or 19.9% of the assets cost as of the end of Q1. The initial agreement with the bank was signed in April…
Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company has increased its share in Chelyabinsk Zinc Works to 97.714%. Last year ChTsZ produced 174.803 thousand tons of zinc and alloys as opposed to 171.002 thousand tons in 2015. (Ukrainian metal)