A consortium of 7 international banks has provided Metalloinvest with a pre-export financing loan in the amount of 200 million euro. The banks are Societe Generale, ING, Bank of China, Credit Agricole CIB, Deutsche Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank and UniCredit Bank. “The funds will be used to improve our loan portfolio, in particular optimize debt…
Interpipe has started supplying railroad axle billets to the local market. “Having successfully finished testing and certifying railroad axles with mechanical treatment, in autumn Interpipe delivered the first batches to railroad car building and repairing plants”, the company reported. This year Interpipe NTZ has successfully passed the Ukrzaliznytsia certification and obtained a right to produce…
In January-September DTEK decreased coal output by 8.9% YoY, to 18.196 million tons. In Ukraine mining dropped by 6.9%, to 16.497 million tons, and in Russia – by 25.3%, to 1.699 million tons. Concentrate manufacture went down by 9.4%, to 8.151 million tons, in particular, in Ukraine by 70%, to 270.7 thousand tons and at…
According to the Russian Steel Association November forecast, in 2019 steel consumption in Russia is expected to grow by 4% YoY. The June forecast presupposed a 2% increase. In Q3 the local demand increased by 8.6%. Rolled metal exports decreased by 13%, while semi-finished products grew by 3%. (Ukrainian metal)
Since the start of the year the number of employees in Ukrainian metal industry has decreased by 2.6% YoY, or by 5100 people, to 191 thousand. According to the State Statistics Service, in October the number of employees declined by 0.4% MoM. In mining and quarrying the number of employees dropped by 0.3%, to 193.2…
Evraz ZSMK rail and beam shop has produced the first batches of 60E1 and 136RE rails of unique steel grade. According to the order of Rumo All, Brazil, the company has produced rails of G2HH steel. The patent for such steel is owned by EVRAZ Pueblo. The peculiarity of this steel grade is that it…
Pervouralsk Pipe Works has successfully passed voluntary certification and confirmed its high level of business reputation according to Gazprom standards. During the audit the experts inspected the quality management system, market position, financial indexes and other PNTZ operation parameters. In May Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Works also confirmed its status of Gazprom reliable supplier. (Ukrainian metal)
A headquarters has been created in connection with the situation at Kumtor mine, which includes representatives of relevant government agencies of Kyrgyzstan, the Ministry of Emergencies reports. According to the ministry, 92 rescuers continue to search for two missing employees of the company. According to preliminary information, a dramatic failure occurred at Kumtor mine at…
