Ukraine: Azovstal invests 50 million UAH in CCM modernization

Azovstal Iron and Steel Works has invested over 50 million UAH in the Primetals system to control metal level in the continuous casting machines crystallizers. “We constantly modernize the technological processes control and automation systems, which allows receiving high-quality products according to the customers’ requirements”, the company CEO Enver Tskitishvili said. (Ukrainian metal)

Kazakhstan: Kazakhmys output up in 2020

In 2020, Kazakhmys Corporation extracted 29.356 million tons of ore, up by 0.76% from the target (30.969 million tons in 2019). Average copper content was 1.0% with the target of 0.94%. Factories processed 31.3 million tons of ore. Last year, Kazakhmys enterprises produced 258.36 thousand tons of cathode copper, up by 5.06% YoY and by…

Ukraine: pipe output down in 2020

In 2020, Ukraine decreased pipe manufacture by 16.3% YoY, to 854 thousand tons. The Ukrtruboprom Association enterprises produced 538 thousand tons of pipes, down by 24.8%. In December 2020, Ukraine produced 71 thousand tons of pipes, including 44 thousand tons by Ukrtruboprom. Interpipe decreased output in 2020: Interpipe NTZ – by 33.7%, to 145 thousand…