On December 18 the steel wire shop No. 1 of Belarus Iron and Steel Works shipped its 2-millionth ton of metal wares. The result has been achieved in 32 years of operation. The anniversary ton was shipped to a Nokian Tyres plant. Until the end of the year BMZ intends to export 6.5 million tons…
Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works alloyed wire shop No. 11 has turned 50 years old. Since its commission the shop has produced over 4.5 million tons of metal wares, enough to load 70 thousand railroad cars. BMK began constructing one of the largest shops in the country in 1962. In December 1969 the first stage…
Severstal Russian Steel has approved of a construction task and technical documentation needed to start producing machinery for the ball-rolling mill No. 3 at Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. The total cost of the project is 1 billion rubles. CherMK operates two ball-rolling mills producing balls with the diameter of 20 to 40 and 30…
A company, connected with TMK and ChTPZ, have gained control over the electrometallurgical works in Smolensk region, which could have become a Zagorsky Pipe Works (ZTZ) site to produce seamless pipes. Pervouralsky Pipe-Rolling Plant has become a mortgagee of Parus LLC, owner of the Electrometallurgical Foundry-Rolling Works in Yartsevo. ZTZ intended to produce 400-450 thousand…
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works is constructing a 110 kW high-voltage line at its manufacturing site. The cost of the project exceeds 1.5 billion rubles. The goal of the project is to provide the company with its own electricity. The project is expected to be completed in December 2020. (Ukrainian metal)
Until January 15, 2020 companies producing rolled metal for construction will be inspected. The experts will check whether the companies comply with the set quality and safety standards. The corresponding government decision was taken on December 14. Until March 1, 2020 all the laboratories controlling rolled metal quality and safety have to be modernized. Moreover,…
In October Russia exported 8.3 thousand tons of ferrochrome, down by 32% MoM and by 60% YoY. Deliveries to the Netherlands decreased by 25%, to 6 thousand tons. 1.3 thousand tons were exported to Taiwan, up by 32%. Japan decreased imports from 2 thousand tons to 25.5 tons. In January-October exports totaled 100 thousand tons,…
Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works has produced aviation ropes for its new customer – the Far Eastern Aviation Service Center. At the request of the customer BMK has produced a batch of galvanized steel ropes with the diameter of 4 mm. In 2016 the company received a gold medal at MetalExpo for this type of…