In 2016 Zaporizhstal consumed 160 million cubic meters of gas, down by 22% YoY, or by 44 million cubic meters. According to the company, such results have been reached due to the complex energy-saving program across the company. “The major measure was the project on coking gas supply from Zaporozhkoks to Zaporizhstal shops”, the company…
Chepets Mechanical Works, a part of TVEL, has shipped the first batch of titanium to a European customer. The delivery was carried out under the 5-year contract, signed in December 2016 with a major foreign distributor. “According to the agreement the ChMZ specialists have worked out a product portfolio that is in demand on the…
Coal stocks at Ukrainian thermal power plants on February 6-12, decreased by 4.9%, or by 79 thousand tons, to 1.53 million tons. Gas-group coal stocks dropped by 8.4%, or by 63 thousand tons, to 688 thousand tons (with 121 thousand tons at Burshtyn TPP). Anthracite coal stocks decreased by 1.8%, or by 16 thousand tons,…
Energomashspetsstal will produce 42 axles of horizontal rolls for ThyssenKrupp materials France S.A.S. The company press-service reports that the EMSS shops have already started working on the order. According to the agreement signed, EMSS will supply the axles weighing a total of 131.8 tons to France in April-May. In 2015 the company received 3.21 billion…
In 2016 Russia imported 478 thousand tons of steel pipes, up by 17% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, far foreign countries supplied 190 thousand tons of pipes, down from 201 thousand tons in 2015. Steel pipes imports from CIS increased from 206 thousand tons to 288 thousand tons. On the whole metal imports…
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…
