In September Russia exported 1.9 thousand tons of aluminum foil, down by 13% MoM, but up 4-fold YoY. Deliveries to US keep decreasing – from 1.6 thousand tons to 1.4 thousand tons. At the same time exports to Belarus grew by 22%, to 310 tons. In 9 months exports totaled 24 thousand tons, up by…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih intends to reconstruct its Mirolyubovka tailing pond. The project presupposes the increase of the height of the levees first to 160 meters (first stage) and then to 165 meters (second stage). AMKR is using 3 tailing ponds. $50 million will be invested in two of them – Mirolyubovka and Obyedinennoye – in…
Energomashspetsstal has concluded an agreement with Shagang Group, China. EMSS will produce and supply supporting rolls for hot-rolling mill-1700. The combined weight of the batch is 71 tons. The rolls have to be delivered in Q4 2020. This is the second contract between the parties. The first, for two bulk supporting rolls, was signed in…
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has appointed Veronika Kryachko as Head of Investor Relations. Veronika Kryachko brings with her years of experience in the metals, raw materials and financial sectors. Prior to taking up her current job, she held senior positions in investor relations, corporate development and M&A at companies including Uralkali, Rusal and…
UGMK CEO Andrei Kozitsyn and Ultramar LLC chairman Andrei Bonch-Bruyevich have signed an agreement on a joint production of ammonium sulfate with the capacity of 500 thousand tons per year on the basis of Sredneuralsky Copper-Smelting Works. Investments will reach 4.8 billion rubles. The decision has been taken in view of optimal raw materials provision,…
As of December 2 Solntsevsky Coal Pit has extracted 8.57 million tons of coal. Some 8.7 million tons were exported. This year the enterprise plans to extract 10 million tons of coal. Thus, the target has been 85% reached. Last year Solntsevsky Pit extracted 7.5 million tons of coal and exported 8 million tons. (Ukrainian…
A consortium of 7 international banks has provided Metalloinvest with a pre-export financing loan in the amount of 200 million euro. The banks are Societe Generale, ING, Bank of China, Credit Agricole CIB, Deutsche Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank and UniCredit Bank. “The funds will be used to improve our loan portfolio, in particular optimize debt…
Interpipe has started supplying railroad axle billets to the local market. “Having successfully finished testing and certifying railroad axles with mechanical treatment, in autumn Interpipe delivered the first batches to railroad car building and repairing plants”, the company reported. This year Interpipe NTZ has successfully passed the Ukrzaliznytsia certification and obtained a right to produce…