In February, Russia imported 289 tons of unrefined copper, up by 69% MoM and by 154% YoY. Kazakhstan delivered all copper. Price dropped from $13.8 to $13.4 per kg. In January-February, exports totaled 460.7 tons, up 2-fold YoY. In monetary terms exports have grown by 112%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March, domestic companies received 918.7 thousand tons of rolled metal, including 255.7 thousand tons (27.8%) of imported metal. In Q1 2019, domestic market received 764.1 thousand tons of metal, including 297.1 thousand tons (38.9%) of imported metal. Thus, in Q1 metal consumption grew by 20.2%, while the import share dropped by 11.1%. (Ukrainian metal)
PJSC Interpipe Nyzhniodniprovsky Pipe Rolling Plant (Dnipro) has built and commissioned a new warehouse at the export site of the company’s wheel-rolling shop, investing $271,000 in the project. According to the quarterly report of the company, at the beginning of 2020, Interpipe plant provided itself with an additional warehouse for finished products, and a collection…
The volume of Azerbaijan’s gold and silver mining industry increased by 23% and by 72% YoY respectively in January-March, the State Statistics Committee reported. Thus, gold mining increased by 23%, to 948.3 kg, while silver mining amounted to 1,193 kg (+73%). The extracted gold and silver have been transferred for processing. As of April 1,…
Zaporizhstal is operating normally, the press-service has reported commenting on information in media about an accident at the blast furnace. Two furnaces of the blast furnace shop operate in normal mode – Nos. 3 and 4. The blast furnaces No. 2 has been shut down for scheduled repairs. The repair of the blast furnace No.…
Metinvest is preparing to start constructing an oxygen machine at Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. “Despite coronavirus and quarantine, Mariupol Ilyich is modernizing its machinery – the company is preparing to construct an air-separation complex. It will consist of an air-separation machine with the storage of liquid oxygen and gasification station. The capacity of…
Dneprometiz has launched manufacture of galvanized steel wire after reconstruction of the corresponding mill. “We have bought new machinery and commissioned it”, the sales department specialist Pavel Petrenko has reported. The new machinery allows producing steel wire with zinc coating of A, AB, B, C and D classes in the diameter of 0.8 to 9…
The sales of steel products via the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) went up 4% YoY, to Br334 million in January-March, spokesman for the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange Roman Yaniv reported. “The main driving force behind the growth were three product groups: ferrous metals and their products, coal and cabling and wiring products. Purchases of…