Norilsk Nickel has connected its two mines under the second stage of the project to construct the Komsomolsky mine. The connection of the Komsomolsky and Skalistiy mines at the depth of 950 meters was carried out by ways of holing-through. According to experts, holing-through is a rare event in capital construction. It will result in…
Chelyabinsk Zinc Works has invested 102 million rubles in a new water-warming plant. The plant is used to provide heating and hot water to administrative and manufacturing buildings. The previous machine had a capacity of 18 Gcal per hour, and the reconstruction allowed increasing it to 60 Gcal per hour. The plant heats water to…
In January-November Sverdlovsk Railroad transported 129.1 million tons of cargo, up by 0.7% YoY. In particular, transportation of ferrous metals dropped by 0.6%, to 9.5 million tons, ferrous scrap – by 10.5%, to 2.2 million tons, iron and manganese ore – by 1.9%, to 11.1 million tons and non-ferrous ore – by 5.7%, to 5.7…
The third arbitrary court has refused to satisfy the claim of Chek-Su.Vk Company, which has asked to recover 23.5 billion rubles from the authorities of Krasnoyarsk region. The suit was filed in 2017 in order to recover funds spent on the unfinished project to construct Yeniseiskiy Ferroalloys Works on the territory of Krastyazhmash works. The…
In January-November Russian Railroads transported 4.53 million containers (TEU), up by 12.2% YoY. Domestic transportation grew by 8.6%, to 1.89 million TEU, transit – by 5.3%, to 521.5 thousand containers, exports – by 12.6%, to 1.16 million TEU and imports – by 24%, to 968.8 thousand containers. In particular transportation of ferrous metals increased by…
Russia’s aluminum exports increased by 4.1% YoY, to 2.432 million tons in January-October, the Federal Customs Service reported. In monetary terms, aluminum exports rose by 2.9%, to $4.107 billion in the period. Copper exports increased by 5.1%, to 573,100 tons, worth $3.396 billion, down by 2.6%. Nickel exports went up by 7.6%, to 117,500 tons,…
Lebedinsky GOK is carrying out a major project to reconstruct gas-purification system. Instead of scrubbers the company starts using electric filters. This is considered the most efficient method of gas purification by the company. The first filter was assembled in December 2018. At present another filter is being constructed at the charge preparation site to…
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works is starting construction of the slitting machine. The cost of the investment project is 190 million rubles. The main work will start in Q1 2020. (Ukrainian metal)