Uzbekistan has prepared the project on the construction of the new metal enterprise – Tashkent Iron and Steel Works. The investments will total 278 million euro. The construction could be finished in 2 years. The works is expected to receive equipment from Austria, Germany and Italy. The works will specialize in the production of rolled…
Uralskaya Stal, a part of Metalloinvest, has started producing slag pots. The first trial pot for the pig iron manufacture of the company was produced in July 2016. The pot is still operating, even after 500 pourings. Metalloinvest buys 30 slag pots for its enterprises each year. Following the pot for the blast furnace shop,…
The aviation industry demand for titanium will increase with the expansion of the usage of composite materials. Composites are widely used in the construction of the new generation aircraft, but corrode aluminum, the main metal in plane construction. But titanium is not affected by corrosion and combines well with composites. The first Boeing and Airbus…
PerfoGrad LLC, Voronezh, has produced a batch of perforated sheets for the construction of the Yekaterinburg Arena. In particular, the company supplied 2 thousand square meters of the perforated sheets for the technical premises of the stadium. The company intends to supply 5 thousand square meters more. PerfoGrad specializes in the manufacture of perforated metal…
In 2016 Yanzoloto, working in Ust-Yansk in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), mined 150 kg of gold, having exceeded its annual target. The company expects the gold reserves at the site to increase by 2.5 tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2016 Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works produced 12.7 thousand tons of galvanized pipes. This was a record result in the history of the shop No. 8. The previous record was set in 2013, when MMK produced 11.3 thousand tons of galvanized pipes. 2016 also saw the monthly record of pipe output – 1540 tons…
The Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works is still not operating because of the military activity. According to the company CEO Musa Magomedov, the repairmen were able to restore the electricity lines and bring energy to the town of Avdiivka. “The volumes of coke gas are not enough to heat both the batteries and the town,…
Severstal announced details of its 2017 capital investment program, which highlighted its operational excellence and long-term competitiveness. In 2017 Severstal plans to invest approximately 43 billion rubles across the business. This investment will primarily focus on developing key areas of the company’s strategy including cost control, increasing production of high-value added products and enhancing safety…