ChTPZ Group has shipped over 60 thousand tons of large-diameter pipes to Gazprom for construction of the gas pipeline to connect Kharasaveyskoye deposit to Bovanenkovskoye. Pipes with the outer corrosion-resistant coating with the diameter of 1420 mm and wall thickness of 27.7 and 33.4 mm of K65 steel were produced at Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel…
The quarantine introduced to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, will affect steel consumption in Russia. In April-May, consumption could fall by 25%, as state expenses on infrastructure projects have fallen considerably. According to VTB-Capital analysts, in February steel consumption in Russia grew by 5% YoY, following an increase of 12% in January. In Q1 the…
In January-March, Ukraine transported 61 thousand tons of metal cargo via the Dnepr River, down by 22.7% YoY. January accounted for the main volume of transportation. In February, transportation was suspended because of the repair at the Kakhovka sluice. The operation of the sluice resumed on March 10. In 2019, metal cargo transportation along the…
In January-March, Ferrexpo increased pellets manufacture by 21% YoY, to 3 million tons. In particular, in March PGOK shipped 1.148 million tons of pellets. In January-February, Ferrexpo produced 1.924 million tons of pellets, up by 13.7% YoY. Concentrate manufacture grew by 4.1%, to 2.156 million tons. In February, the group produced 947 thousand tons of…
Because of high debts and lack of funds for development Mechel has lost licenses to develop Pionerskoye and Sivaglinskoye iron ore deposits in Yakutia with combined reserves of over 160 million tons. In December 2019, the Russian Subsoil Use Service stopped Mechel’s right to use the deposits ahead of schedule. The company has not fulfilled…
Rusal is concluding a contract with Glencore to supply 6.873 million tons of primary aluminum in 2020-2024. The value of the contract is estimated at $16.3 billion. In 2025, the contract is expected to be prolonged. The previous contract was valid in 2011-2018 and provided for the delivery of 14.5 million tons of aluminum. This…
Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works (Donetsk region) has postponed its annual shareholders meeting scheduled for April 15 for a later date. In 2019, the company received a net profit of 44.43 million UAH, as opposed to a net loss of 25.906 million UAH in 2018. Current liabilities decreased by 9%, to 849.284 million UAH and fixed…
The mine named after Kirov, a part of SUEK-Kuzbass, has received 203 sections of JOY 13/26 mechanized anchoring. The cost of the contract is over EUR 38 million. The mine uses two mechanized complexes. One of them, consisting of 175 sections of FRS-Glinik-12/26 anchoring, was commissioned in 2018. The second – JOY – has been…