Chelyabinsk Pipe Plant (ChelPipe) does not rule out the placement of its shares on the market in the future, an official reported. “ChelPipe is considering a market offering of the shareholder equity in the future as one of the scenarios but a final decision has not been made, it will depend on several factors, including…
In 2019 Zaporizhstal increased metal transportation by river by 36% YoY, to 905 thousand tons. The metal was shipped via the Zaporozhye River Port. The coastal trade contributed the most to the growth. Some 240 thousand tons were shipped to the seaports of Chernomorsk and Odessa. Previously metal to these destinations was transported by railroad.…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has invested $60 million in the reconstruction of its small-section mill No. 250-4. Thanks to the reconstruction the mill now can produce rebars Nos. 8-24 in coils. The commission and certification of the mill are scheduled for January-February 2020. Manufacture of rebars in coils for sales will start in late Q1 2020.…
In October Russia exported 148 tons of flat rolled copper, down by 23% MoM and by 47% YoY. Deliveries to Belarus have been decreasing for 3 months in a row, and fell by 10%, to 79 tons in October, with exports to Kazakhstan and Ukraine down by 37% an 29%, to 24.3 tons and 41.3…
In October Russia imported 152.5 tons of raw tin, up by 42% MoM and by 123% YoY. Deliveries from Bolivia and Belgium totaled 20.6 tons and 20 tons respectively. Imports from Peru grew 2-fold, to 50 tons. Imports in 10 months totaled 998 tons, up by 5% YoY. In monetary terms since the start of…
The Department of Subsoil Use has prolonged 2 Vysochaishiy licenses to prospect at Bodaibinsky district of Irkutsk region. Thus, prospecting at the Patomskiy and Zapadniy Dokukan sites will be extended until October 15, 2021. The company bought the licenses in October 2014, and they expired on October 15. The forecast reserves of the Patomskiy site…
In January-September Kurilgeo LLC, extracting precious metals on the Urup isle, increased gold output by 12% YoY, to 856 kg, and silver – by 40%, to 3.3 tons. The increase is due to the mining of ore with high metal content. This year Kurilgeo intends to extract 1065.7 kg of gold and 3267.7 kg of…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine has blown its blast furnace No. 12. At present the company operates with all of its blast furnaces – Nos. 1M, 9 and 12. In September BF-12 was shut down because of the drastic decrease in metal price and demand. During this delay the company performed the repair of the…