The Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works has completed the reconstruction project of the dust-suppressing system in the open warehouse in the refractory shop. This allowed decreasing dust emissions when unloading at the warehouse by 50%, and in the refractory manufacture by 5% on the whole. Investments into the project totaled 61 million rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2016 the Federal Cargo Company transported 15.6 million tons of ore, up by 30% YoY. The largest volumes were carried from KMAruda to Tulachermet, and then exported through Russian and Baltic ports. The increase in ore transportation was noted at the Krasnoyarsk (by 146% YoY), Sverdlovsk (by 117%), Zabaikalsk (by 107%), Northern (by 76%),…
The ArcelorMittal CIS CEO Paramjit Kahlon has presented new top-managers of ArcelorMittal Temirtau. In particular the team was joined by Ashok Sontalia, the financial director, Vadim Basin, the repairs director, Andrei Berg, the steel department director, Yevgeny Romashin, the coal department director, Maurilio Botelo, Orken LLC director, Anna Adom, HR director, Serik Bekembayev, legal director,…
In 2016 industrial output in Donbass (without the Anti-terrorist operation zone) increased by 6%, with December 2016 indexes up by 12.2% YoY and by 3.8% MoM. Mining and quarry industry increased output by 7.8% YoY, metal – by 8.7%, coke – by 15.3%. Coal mining in 2016 went up by 9.3% YoY, to 14.3 million…
The minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik has created a working group to check the purchases of equipment by state mines. By January 31, the group will have checked products, services, operations as well as correspondence to the current legislation of purchases of mining equipment valued at 300 million UAH. Directors of coalmining…
The Tomsk Polytechnic University and the scientific-manufacturing enterprise Redkiye Metally Sibiri (Rare metals of Siberia) have completed the first stage of beryllium manufacture creation. The start of the first stage is Krasnokamensk (Zabaikalsky krai) using the technology developed in the university is scheduled for late 2018 – early 2019. At present only two countries mine…
Detectives of the National Anticorruption Bureau have detained the acting chairman of the board of the United Mining and Chemical Company suspected of damaging the enterprise to the amount of 300 million UAH. According to the State Registry, the UMCC acting chairman is Ruslan Zhurylo. UMCC started operating in August 2014, when the government transferred…
The exclusive size of Uraltrubprom shaped tubes enjoys stable demand. Recently the works has exported yet another batch of shaped tubes with the size of 400x400x20 mm in accordance with EN 10219 made of S355J2H coil steel. Uraltrubprom is the only producer of thick-walled square and rectangular large diameter pipes of coil steel in Russia…
