In early June, Zaporozhye Ferro Alloys Plant passed a recertification audit for the compliance of the quality management system to the requirements of the international standard ISO 9001:2015. The inspection has been carried out by the specialists of the Bureau Veritas Certification Ukraine. The only inconsistency in the quality management system noted by the experts…
In January-May, Ukraine imported 388 thousand tons of limestone, down by 65% YoY. At the same time, the import of lime grew by 25%, to 36 thousand tons. Metal industry accounts for two thirds of limestone consumption. The largest importers in January-May were Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, Zaporizhstal and ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih. (Ukrainian…
Russia’s gold output rose by 9.4% YoY, to 39.71 tons in January-February, the Finance Ministry said citing the data on supplies to the refining plants. Mined gold output rose by 11.8%, to 31.75 tons, and by-product gold output increased by 10.5%, to 2.85 tons, while gold scrap production fell by 3.8%, to 5.11 tons. Russia’s…
Following repairs, Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works has commissioned its rolling shop No. 1. The first ingots have already been rolled. Earlier DMZ commissioned its blast furnace No. 2 after repairs. The next in line are the oxygen-converter and rolling shops. In 2019, DMZ decreased rolled metal manufacture by 43% YoY, to 449 thousand tons.…
According to TUIK, in April Turkey imported 84 thousand tons of pig iron, up by 40.2% MoM, but down by 45.4% YoY. The cost decreased by 31.4%, but grew by 48.4% respectively, to $28.6 million. In 4 months, Turkey imported 420 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 12.3% YoY. In monetary terms imports decreased…
Since the start of the year, Chukotka Autonomous District has extracted over 9 tons of gold, up by 5% YoY. Almost half of the total volume was extracted by Chukotka Mining and Geological Company at the Kupol deposit – 4.2 tons of gold and 35.2 tons of silver. Total silver output amounted to 41 tons.…
Ukrainian Railways have concluded 21 agreements with Druzhkovka Metal Wares Works for the purchase of metal wares valued at 61.25 million UAH. This year, the works has to supply 1176 tons of fasteners of its own make: 168 tons of fishbolts with nuts at 59,632 UAH per ton; 392 tons of terminal bolts with nuts…
Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) has announced auctions to sell scrap via the ProZorro system. The enterprise will sell 15 lots of ferrous metals scrap with the combined weight of 17.9 thousand tons. The combined price is 68.5 million UAH. The auction will take place on June 19. This year, Ukrzaliznytsia intends to sell 26 thousand tons…