In November 2019 Russia imported 15.7 thousand tons of ferrosilicomanganese, up by 10% MoM and by 2% YoY. Deliveries from Georgia dropped to 7 thousand tons, while imports from Kazakhstan grew by 36%, to 7.5 thousand tons. In 11 months of 2019 imports totaled 165 thousand tons, down by 4% YoY. In monetary terms since…
In 2018 Chukotka Autonomous District yielded 24.45 tons of gold, up by 1% YoY. In particular, ore gold output grew by 3%, to 22.1 tons, while that of alluvial gold fell by 9%, to 2.35 tons. Silver extraction remained unchanged – 111.7 tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Verkhnevolzhsky Service Metal Center has officially commissioned a new slitting machine. The machine can cut rolled metal of carbon and stainless steel, aluminum and copper with the thickness of 0.2 mm. The equipment was supplied by Fagor. The companies have been cooperating for more than 14 years. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2019 SMC-Kolpino shipped 16 thousand tons of steel billets to wind energy enterprises, up more than 2-fold YoY. The works to produce wind energy units Bashni WRS was the main customer of the company. It is a joint venture of Severstal, Rosnano and Windar Renovables S.L. “This year we intend to increase sales. In…
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has implemented a system for recording multi-turn actuators using modern marking technology in the form of radio frequency identification tags (RFID). Marking with RFID tags has replaced the process of applying information manually with paint and barcoding. The goal of implementing the new technology is to improve the quality…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has presented a project to modernize its steam boiler No. 1 and boiler system, which provides the by-product coke manufacture with steam. The boiler plant has two boilers with the capacity of 50 tons of steam per hour each. Purified coke gas is used as a fuel. The steam boiler No. 2…
Metinvest continuously modernizes its Mariupol Ilyich and Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. In particular, $82.6 million were invested in environmental projects in 2019. Mariupol Ilyich finished reconstructing its gas-purifying machine No. 3, while the modernization of the sintering factory is drawing to an end. At the same time, Azovstal has commissioned a dust-exhaust machine for…
In January-November 2019 Russia exported 37.575 million tons of ferrous metals, down by 11.1% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, exports without pig iron, ferroalloys, scrap and wastes dropped by 10.4%, to 24.883 million tons. Sales of carbon steel semi-finished products fell by 6.8%, to 13.433 million tons, and flat rolled steel – by…