NLMK Group announces that following the annual RobecoSam Corporate Sustainability Assessment, NLMK’s overall ESG score has improved from 22 to 33. As a result, NLMK’s individual scores of the economic and social dimensions exceeded the industry average. RobecoSam conducts annual Corporate Sustainability Assessment (the SAM CSA) the results of which serve as the basis for…
Azovstal has finished repairing the air-heating machine at the blast furnace No. 2. The repair lasted for 90 days and would help considerably decrease air pollution. Metinvest spent 9.8 million UAH to repair the air heater. (Ukrainian metal)
As of September, debts to state miners have reached 900 million UAH. According to the chairman of the Confederation of Independent Unions and the Independent Miners’ Union Mikhail Volynets, in October the debt will grow to 1.3 billion UAH. “And the trend of the debt growth will persist. The miners will be forced to strike”,…
In July Russia imported 45.3 thousand tons of flat galvanized rolled metal, down by 42% YoY and by 32% MoM. In 7 months imports dropped by 8%, to 384.2 thousand tons. China accounted for 31.5% of deliveries, up by 50%. The average sale price was $730 per ton without VAT. It is followed by Kazakhstan…
In January-June over 430 employees resigned from Centrougol coal enterprise, which included 5 mines. The enterprise is managed by authorities of the Lugansk People’s Republic, the terrorist organization created and supported by Russia. The reason of the employee flow is the chronic wage debts. So far the debts reach 1.5 million rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-August Zaporozhye Ferro Alloys Plant increased output by 9.1% YoY, to 177.66 thousand tons. In particular, the company produced 95.77 thousand tons of silicomanganese, up by 18%, 52.18 thousand tons of ferrosilicon, up by 2.7%, and 25.13 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 2.5%. Metallic manganese manufacture decreased by 10.2%, to 4.58 thousand tons.…
In January-August Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant decreased output by 4.4% YoY, to 510.03 thousand tons. In particular, silicomanganese manufacture dropped by 6.3%, to 468.52 thousand tons, but that of ferromanganese grew by 14.4%, to 29.71 thousand tons. The company has also increased the production of other ferroalloys – by 57.5%, to 11.8 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Polyus Aldan has extracted 5 tons of gold. This year the milestone was reached on September 20, a month earlier than in 2018. The output increased by 14% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
