In December 2019, Russia imported 8.1 thousand tons of aluminum scrap and wastes, up by 77% MoM and 4-fold YoY. Deliveries from Kyrgyzstan grew 5-fold, to 1.5 thousand tons, and from US – from 2.3 thousand tons to 4.6 thousand tons. At the same time purchases from Kazakhstan decreased by 5%, to 1.6 thousand tons.…
Luchegorsky Coal Pit (LUR), developing the Bikinskoye coal deposit in Primorye region, in 2019 extracted 4.395 million tons of coal, down by 14% YoY. The company employed two contractors – SK-Universal LLC and Petrotrade-M LLC. LUR extracted 3.213 million tons of coal, Petrotrade-M – 391 thousand tons and SK-Universal – 790 thousand tons. The decrease…
According to Russian Railroads, in February 99.4 million tons of cargo were transported, down by 0.6% YoY. In January-February, transportation dropped by 2.8%, to 199.6 million tons. In particular, iron and manganese ores accounted for 19.7 million tons, up by 2.8%. Transportation of ferrous metals dropped by 4.9%, to 12.1 million tons, but scrap grew…
Severstal Steel Ropes has completed a project to develop packaging, copper and steel-aluminum ropes manufacture. Investments exceeded 260 million rubles. The project started in March 2019 and included two stages running at the same time – the placement of the packaging site in new premises and the creation of a manufacturing site to produce copper…
Railroad workers of the Severniy Mining and Processing Works intend to carry out a large-scale digitalization. In particular, the enterprise is installing two automated systems – the controller management and the railroad stations management. The automatization will help track the position of the trains, control the speed of locomotives and energy resources spending, as well…
In February, Zaporizhstal produced 270.5 thousand tons of rolled metal, down by 4.8% YoY. At the same time, manufacture of pig iron increased by 3.3%, to 370.1 thousand tons, and steel – by 1%, to 321 thousand tons. In 2 months Zaporizhstal produced 562.5 thousand tons of rolled metal, 659.2 thousand tons of steel and…
The state enterprise Yuzhniy Sea Trade Port and Ferrexpo have agreed to increase pellets exports. In January, Ferrexpo ordered the transshipment of some 500 thousand tons. In February the order grew. The TIS-Ruda terminal in the port, a joint venture of TIS and Ferrexpo, with the capacity of 7 million tons of pellets per year…
In 2019 Zagorsky Pipe Works sold 575,459 tons of pipes, up by 15% YoY. Russian companies were the main suppliers of strips to produce large-diameter pipes. In particular, Severstal supplied 260 thousand tons, MMK – 217 thousand tons and Vyksa Iron and Steel Works – 130 thousand tons. Imports decreased by 11%, to 6%. Revenue…