Energomashspetsstal has produced and commissioned a solid cast mold for ingots with the weight of 290 tons. The weight of the mold itself is 144 tons. “Previously we cast such ingots into a mold consisting of two parts”, the company reported. Another novelty this year is the development and implementation of an innovative structure of…
A ceremony to launch the work on elimination of consequences of a Soviet-era uranium mining took place in Shekaftar, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development reported. The organization noted that, despite the global turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic, preparations for the project had continued in recent months to ensure the timely start of…
Zaporozhkoks has commissioned a new mini-cooling tower to cool wastewater in the coal pitch processing shop. Investments in modernization totaled 11 million UAH. The new Dalgakiran cooling tower has the capacity of over 500 cubic meters of water per hour. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukraine climbed to the ninth place in the world pig iron production in the first half of 2020, according to the figures from the World Steel Association. Ukraine ranks ninth among 40 pig iron producing countries (9.98 million tons, down by 2.6% YoY. According to Worldsteel, about 673.24 million tons of pig iron was produced…
The Mangazeia Group of Companies intends until the end of the year to produce up to 500-600 kg of gold at the Nasedkino Mining and Processing Works. The GOK is situated in the Zabaikalye region and is being commissioned. In 2021, the GOK is expected to reach its design capacity of 1million tons of ore…
YASNO has finished energy-servicing contract at the Central Mining and Processing Works 9 months earlier and transferred energy-saving equipment to the customer. 12 frequency converters, assembled at the ore-processing factory, have decreased energy consumption by 48.4%. In three years of operation this amounted to 9.2 million kW-h of electricity valued at 6.7 million UAH. The…
In January-June, Ukraine produced 160.1 thousand tons of metal structures, down by 30.7% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, the manufacture of prefabricated construction structures of pig iron and steel decreased by 25.8%, to 18.9 thousand tons. The output of structures made of sheet metal dropped by 14.5%, to 50.4 thousand tons. Ukraine also…
In January-June, Kazakhstan extracted 11.4 million tons of gold-containing ore, down by 3% YoY. The mining of gold-containing concentrate amounted to 198.5 thousand tons. Production of raw and semi-raw gold, as well as gold powder grew by 11.2%, to 53.5 tons. Refined gold manufacture totaled 30.4 tons. Tau-Ken Samruk produced 7 tons of gold. This…
