In December 2019 Ukraine produced 1.61 million tons of pig iron, up by 15.5% MoM, 1.56 million tons of steel, up by 17.8%, and 1.43 million tons of rolled metal, up by 15.3%. Moreover, 5.25 million tons of iron ore concentrate were produced (+1.4%), 2.47 million tons of sinter (+10.8%), 1.51 million tons of pellets…
Products of Belarus Iron and Steel Works have won the Best Products of Belarus 2019 award in the “Products of the manufacturing and technical usage” nomination. In particular, the hot-rolled alloyed round steel with the diameter of 30 to 80 mm and the grade of 16MnCrS5/20MnCrS5 has been awarded. The steel is used to produce…
According to the Association of Trade Seaports, in 2019 the seaports’ throughput totaled 840.3 million tons, up by 2.9% YoY. Ferrous metals transportation accounted for 26.7 million tons, down by 12.6%. In particular, the port of Ust-Luga transported 0.179 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 56%, St. Petersburg – 4.944 million tons, down by…
Tulachermet was able to increase the volume of its pig iron-transporting ladles from 65 to 80 tons by decreasing the thickness of the refractory lining. This allows decreasing time needed to pour pig iron into converters, thus improving the converter steel shop efficiency. At present all the 43 ladles have been modernized. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2019 Vorkutaugol increased coal output. Rock excavation totaled 10.3 million tons, up from 9.6 million tons in 2018. Rock processing grew from 7.9 million tons to 9.8 million tons. Coal manufacture went up from 3.4 million tons to 4.6 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2019 Stoylensky Mining and Processing Works pelletizing factory produced 7.007 million tons of pellets, up by 4% YoY. Since its commissioning in 2016, the factory has produced 20 million tons of pellets with the iron content of 64.5%. The factory with the design capacity of 6 million tons of pellets was commissioned in November…
In 2019 Polymetal increased gold output by 3% YoY, to 1614 thousand ounces. The result is 4% higher than the initial manufacturing target of 1.55 million ounces. In Q4 2019 gold output decreased by 15% YoY, to 383 thousand ounces. Annual revenue grew by 19%, to $2.2 billion, and in Q4 2019 – by 1%,…
The new continuous hot-dip galvanizing unit No. 3, built by Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) in 2017, produced 334.6 thousand tons of galvanized metal in 2019. A year earlier, the unit produced 278.9 thousand tons of galvanized steel. As such, it is very close to the design capacity of 360 thousand tons per year.…