Severstal has taken part in the XXI international construction exhibition UzBuild-2020 in Uzbekistan, which has attracted some 400 companies from 25 countries. The group has been present on the Uzbek market since 1965. Now Severstal supplies over 150 thousand tons of rolled metal and metal wares to construction and automobile industry customers in the country.…
In January Russia imported 430.7 thousand tons of ferrous metals, up by 6.3% YoY, but down by 7% MoM. According to the Federal Customs Service, imports without pig iron, ferroalloys, wastes and scrap totaled 356.2 thousand tons, up by 6.9% YoY. Imports of pipes dropped by 22%, to 41.1 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Due to the weakening of the rubles rate and the overall situation on the metal wares market, the Metal Ware Trading Company is increasing prices for all Chinese wares by 7%. Prices for Belarus and Russian wares are also growing: for ordinary and self-tapping screws, DIN screws and finishing nails – by 7%, and for…
In 2019 DTEK Pavlogradugol received a net loss of 6.72 billion UAH, up by 11% YoY. Revenue reached 30.9 billion UAH, down from 36.9 billion UAH in 2019. Pavlogradugol is the largest coalmining enterprise in DTEK. DTEK accounts for 90% of power-generating coal mining in Ukraine. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-February Ukraine exported 507.4 thousand tons of pig iron valued at $153.1 million, down by 0.7% and by 8.1% YoY respectively. According to the State Tax Service, 163.3 thousand tons of pig iron were exported in February, down by 52% MoM. The main customers were China (38.52%), USA (35.11%) and Turkey (9.49%). In 2…
In January-February Ukraine exported 139 thousand tons of ferroalloys valued at $141.2 million, down by 13.7% and by 20.1% YoY respectively. According to the State Tax Service, the share of ferroalloys was 0.5%. The major customers were the Netherlands (26.9 thousand tons), Turkey (22.5 thousand tons) and Italy (22.1 thousand tons). (Ukrainian metal)
Chepets Mechanical Works has developed a technology, which allows processing used graphite into products. Graphite rods are used as anodes during the zirconium and calcium electrolysis. The company accumulates over 200 tons of used graphite per year, that earlier had to be disposed of. The new technology allows extracting pure graphite and manufacturing various products…
In 2020 Petropavlovsk Plc intends to increase gold-containing ore concentrates processing at Pokrovsky GOK to 350 thousand tons. Last year, 187.5 thousand tons were processed. The increase will be due to the growth of Malomyr and Pioneer deposits concentrate processing. By 2022, Petropavlovsk intends to start processing 400-450 thousand tons of concentrate per year at…