Severstal intends to decrease CO and CO2 (greenhouse gas) emissions by implementing a new technique to process iron ore concentrate at Olenegorsk Mining and Processing Works. The ecological effect will be reached by increasing the quality of the iron ore concentrate produced at Olkon. High iron content allows decreasing the usage of fluxes (limestone) in…
Russian steelmaker Severstal has invested about 1 billion rubles in an upgrade of subsidiary Izhora Pipe Mill that would allow the plant to produce electric welded pipes with diameters starting from 508 millimeters. The upgrade’s goal is to set up production of pipes for the Yuzhno-Kirinskoye gas condensate field of Gazprom. The plant expects production…
In January-October iron and manganese ore railroad transportation grew by 3.2% YoY, to 57.3 million tons. According to the State Statistics Service, transportation of ferrous metals dropped by 3.4%, to 16.1 million tons. Ferrous metals scrap transportation decreased by 18%, to 2.05 million tons, and coke – by 9.3%, to 3.7 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
The mining company Vesco will start developing the Pobeda refractory clay deposit in Donetsk region. The company obtained the respective license back in 2016. The quarry has the size of 30 ha. Its balance reserves are estimated at 814 thousand tons. The company intends to extract 500 thousand tons of clay per year, or 705…
ArcelorMittal Temirtau has carried out a project begun in 2017 to switch to the horizontal axle of hot-rolled coils transportation in the sheet-rolling shop No. 1. The new machinery will improve shipping rates and working conditions. “The direction of coiling and the operation of the coiler are carried out in the automatic mode. Previously it…
Russia has supported the idea of imposing antidumping duties on galvanized rolled metal originating from China and Ukraine for 5 years. Initially the department of the inner market protection of EEC suggested imposing the duty for Ukraine on the level of 23.9% and for Chinese manufacturers – from 12.69% to 17%. The investigation was initiated…
In October Yuzhniy Kuzbass mined over a million tons of coal, up by 9% MoM and by 77% YoY. 4.7 million tons of rock were processed, up by 16% and by 55% respectively. Some 915 thousand tons were processed at the factories, up by 12% and by 46%. Sales grew by 5% MoM and by…
In September Russia imported 437 tons of magnesium, up from 433 tons in August, and 60-fold YoY. China accounted for 435 tons, up by 8%. In 9 months imports totaled 6.2 thousand tons, up by 88% YoY. In monetary terms since the start of the year the imports have increased by 99%. Import price in…