In January StalTrans plans to keep its metal wares shipments on the level of 2.7 thousand tons. According to the company statement, in December 2016 metal wares deliveries increased by 16% MoM, to 2.7 thousand tons. The growth was seen in wire (by 12%, to 1.5 thousand tons) and nails (by 37%, to 1.1 thousand…
The Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Smelter (KrAZ, part of Rusal) is to implement the construction of a new foundry complex for the production of cylinder ingots of 230 mm to 457 mm diameter. The capacity of the new production complex will comprise 120,000 tons per year. The foundry equipment installation is near completion. The complex is to…
According to the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik, 11 new long faces have been selected that can be put into operation in the near future and increase coal output. The ministry intends to mine some 25 thousand tons of coal per day. Nasalik also noted the mine debts for electricity, which reached…
In 2016 Ukraine produced 1.028 million tons of ferroalloys, up by 16% YoY. According to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers, silicomanganese output went up by 16.7% YoY, to 814.97 thousand tons, ferromanganese – by 19%, to 104.47 thousand tons, and ferrosilicon – 101.42 thousand tons, to 12.5%. At the same time production of metallic…
In 2016 volumes of industrial output in Belarus totaled Br79.4 billion, down by 0.4% YoY. According to the National Statistics Committee, output volumes in mining industry reached 99.3%, in processing – 99.9%. In December 2016 industrial output increased by 5.1% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-November 2016 Russia exported 39.32 million tons of ferrous metal, up by 3.2% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, far foreign countries accounted for 34.405 million tons of exports, up by 5%. Pig iron exports decreased by 1.2% YoY, to 4.663 million tons, of steel semi-finished products – went up by 4.1%, to…
According to the Association of sea trade ports of the Russian Federation, in 2016 ferrous metals transshipment increased by 6.7% YoY, to 721.9 million tons. Arctic ports transshipped 49.7 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 40.6% YoY, Baltic ports – 236.6 million tons, up by 2.5%, Azov – Black Sea ports – 244 million…
In early January the demand for the pipe products of the Belarus Iron and Steel Works increased by 2 thousand tons as compared with the average monthly level in 2016. According to the company statement, in January BMZ intends to produce 11 thousand tons of pipes and sell some 10.5 thousand tons. Some 70% will…