The Severstal board of directors recommends paying dividends in the amount of 26.26 rubles per ordinary share for October-December 2019. The decision is expected to be approved at a shareholders meeting scheduled for June 5. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2019 Kola Company, a part of Norilsk Nickel, increased nickel output by 5%, to 229 thousand tons. Nickel manufacture of own raw materials totaled 225 thousand tons. Copper production grew by 5%, to 499 thousand tons, with 455 thousand tons produced of own raw materials. Bystrinsky GOK manufactured 43 thousand tons of copper. Nornickel…
On February 1 Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works turns 88. The enterprise was created at the foot of the Magnitnaya mountain. The first blast furnace produced the first pig iron on February 1, 1932. The first open-hearth furnace started operating in July 1933, and in August 1934 the company commissioned the 500-mill. In late 1980s…
Kamensk-Uralsky Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works will start manufacturing aluminum powder in the amount of 1008 tons per year to be exported to Kazakhstan. Aluminum powder is used in the manufacture of aerated concrete. The Fund of the industry development has already approved of a company loan. The total cost of the project is 200 million…
In November 2019 Russia imported 246 tons of molybdenum ore and concentrate, up by 19% MoM and by 186% YoY. Deliveries from US grew from 100 to 141 tons, those from Chile remained unchanged at 20 tons, but from the Netherlands dropped from 85 to 83 tons. In 11 months of 2019 imports totaled 2.7…
In November 2019 Russia exported 294 tons of long rolled copper, down by 26% MoM and by 28% YoY. Deliveries to Belarus dropped by 39%, to Germany by 60%, to Kazakhstan by 33% and to Ukraine by 20%, to 105, 23, 38 and 35 tons respectively. In 11 months of 2019 exports totaled 4.1 thousand…
The net profit of Russian steelmaker Severstal fell by 23.7% YoY, to $374 million in October-December 2019, while revenue decreased by 12.9%, to $1.838 billion, and EBITDA went down by 23.5%, to $602 million, as sales and prices fell, the company said in a statement on January 31. Free cash flow slumped by 70.5%, to…
The city of Taganrog has sold a land plot with the total area of 18 ha and the main assembly premises of the local car plant for 81.7 million rubles. VtorCherMet LLC was the buyer of TaGAZ. Earlier the assets were estimated at 181 million rubles. TagAZ was founded in 1997 and declared bankrupt in…