In October Russia imported 2.5 thousand tons of aluminum scrap and waste, up by 60.3% MoM, but down by 26% YoY. Deliveries from Kazakhstan grew by 61%, to 1.5 thousand tons, and from USA from 251 to 687 tons. In 10 months imports totaled 22.8 thousand tons, down by 26% YoY. In monetary terms since…
In October Russia exported 65.1 thousand tons of refined copper, down by 1.6% MoM and by 2% YoY. Deliveries to China grew almost 2-fold, to 13 thousand tons, and to Germany – 2-fold, to 16.3 thousand tons. The Netherlands accounted for 40% of all exports (26.1 thousand tons). In 10 months exports totaled 573 thousand…
NLMK Lipetsk, the flagship site of NLMK Group, has delivered a pilot batch of galvanized bake hardening (BH) steel to the Uzbekistan-Korean joint venture UzSungwoo. The pilot batch of steel was custom-made to meet the customer’s individual requirements. It was used to make General Motors internal car body parts, which contributed to vehicle safety. Tests…
In October Russia imported 14.3 thousand tons of ferrosilicomanganese, up by 88.5% MoM and by 8.2% YoY. Deliveries from Georgia grew 3-fold, to 7.9 thousand tons, and from Kazakhstan – by 11%, to 5.5 thousand tons. In 10 months imports totaled 149 thousand tons, down by 4.3% YoY. In monetary terms since the start of…
In October Russia exported 2.2 thousand tons of ferrotitanium, up by 3.3% MoM and by 33.6% YoY. Deliveries to the Netherlands grew by 18%, to 1.5 thousand tons, and to Germany – by 72%, to 187 tons. At the same time China decreased imports by 36%, to 270 tons. In 10 months exports totaled 16.5…
Hot-rolled copper plates manufactured at Kirov Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works have been named a winner of the “100 best products of Russia-2019”. The plates have been awarded the “Novelty” status. The copper plates have improved corrosion-resistant characteristics. These products are in high demand in Russia. (Ukrainian metal)
Nikolai Kigalov has been appointed a new Vorkutaugol general director. Sergey Likhopud, who has been holding this office since November 2016, will pursue his career outside Severstal. Since 2009 Kigalov has been a chief engineer at various Kemerovo region coal enterprises. In 2017 he was appointed the Raspadskaya mine director. And since July 2018 he…
In 2020 Balakovo Iron and Steel Works intends to start producing A800/1000 rebars with the diameter of 10 to 14 mm, rounds (8 to 10 mm), squares (10 to 50 mm), channel Nos. 5-10, as well as steel strips. The company expects that the customers will be able to order these goods in Q1 2020…