Zlatoust Iron and Steel Works has finished hot tests of its new Danieli integrated forging machine. The machine is expected to increase company competitiveness on the special steel market. The new machine can produce forged billets with the diameter of 100 to 800 mm and the length of up to 10 meters. The maximum weight…
In 2019, MMK and Lysva Iron and Steel Works increased sales by 8% YoY, to 8.3 million tons. Hot-rolled metal accounted for 48% of sales, shapes – 17%, cold-rolled metal – 11%, galvanized metal – 14% and polymer-coated metal – 5%. The main customers were pipe enterprises (31%) and metal traders (32%). Machine-building companies accounted…
In January Kuzbass pits yielded 10.6 million tons of coal (13.3 million tons in January 2019) and mines – 7.4 million tons (6.9 million tons). Coking coal accounted for 6.4 million tons (6.4 million tons), while power-generating coal – 11.6 million tons (13.8 million tons). 16.8 million tons of coal were transported via railroad (19…
In 2019 Russia supplied 558.6 thousand tons of rolled steel and pipes to Ukraine, down by 13.4% YoY. Until 2014 the deliveries were 2 times higher. Flat rolled metal accounted for 46% of exports, down by 15.2%. Deliveries of sections dropped by 10%, to 36.7%. Exports of steel pipes fell by 18%, to 39 thousand…
In December 2019 Russia imported 338.3 tons of ferroniobium, down by 11% MoM and by 16% YoY. In 2019 imports totaled 4.8 thousand tons, up by 3% YoY. In monetary terms imports remained unchanged at $100 million. Price in December 2019 grew by 5%, to $22.2 per kg. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2019 Russky Ugol sold over 13.5 million tons of coal, up by 1 million tons YoY. Deliveries to the domestic market grew by 5%, while exports – by 26%. The coal is mined in Amur and Krasnoyarsk regions, as well as in Khakasia. Russky Ugol comprises 7 coal pits employing over 4.3 thousand people.…
Russia’s output of unrefined and semi-refined or powder platinum and platinum group metals fell by 54.8% YoY and by 73.4% MoM in January, the Federal State Statistics Service said without disclosing absolute figures. Silver output fell by 37% MoM in the period. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
In March ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih will shut down its two-bath steel-smelting machine No. 6. This will mean the shut down of the open-hearth shop. The premises will be used as a refractory materials warehouse. Since the open-hearth furnace No. 4 was shut down and disassembled in 2011, AMKR has been utilizing only the machine No.…