Within the large-scale program of the Chelyabinsk Zinc Works reconstruction, the zinc electrolysis shop put into operation a new anode leveler. The cost of the new machinery is 1.2 million euro. The new machine is used to clean and level anodes every 20-40 days, as the cleaner and straighter the anode surface is, the better…
Evraz NTMK has started producing a new size of the I-beam for railroad car-building. The first trial batch with the weight of 300 tons has already been shipped to the customer. The new beam was produced at the order of Uralvagonzavod and has non-standard sizes. Neither Russian, nor foreign standards have such sizes and types.…
Rusal and Runaya Metsource, a company promoted by principal shareholders of Vedanta, have signed an agreement to create a joint venture on an equal basis in India (JV). The JV will set up a world-class facility, which specializes in the production of high technology aluminum pastes and powders with a wide range of high-end applications,…
Industrial output in the Donetsk region (not counting the antiterrorist operation zone) in January-February decreased by 2.4%, and in February – by 13.7% MoM and by 10.1% YoY. Coke output in February dropped by 31.2% MoM and by 33.6% YoY, metal – by 8.5% MoM, but increased by 3.9% YoY. In January-February – by 16%…
The Central Mining and Processing Works has purchased 5 MAZ buses. “5 new MAZ buses are en route today. Two buses will transport employees of the Petrovsky quarry, mining-transport shop No. 2 and the railroad transportation management shop. The geography is Alexandria, Zheltye Vody and other settlements in the destination of the Damansky district”, the…
Lermontovsky Mining and Processing Works has cleared salary debts to its employees, the Federal Union of Primorye krai reports. But the company is still idle. The situation was discussed at the meeting of the tripartite commission on March 30. The works was expecting 250 million rubles promised by the governor to resume operation. Lermontovsky GOK…
In 2017 Chelyabinsk Zinc Works, a part of UMMC, plans to produce 183 thousand tons of zinc, up from 174.8 thousand tons in 2016. According to the company PR-department director Natalia Vasilyeva, in 2016 output increased by 2.2% YoY. The ChTsZ daughter company in Kazakhstan, NovaZinc, produced 36720 tons of zinc concentrate and 5680 tons…
The Pipe Metallurgical Company has for the first time supplied its TMK Up Magna casing pipes with Green Well coating to Lukoil. The pipes have been successfully put into operation in the Caspian Sea. TMK Up Magna is the premium-class joint for casing pipes with 340-508 mm diameter. The share of TMK on the Russian…