The use of metal in the construction of housing is not that widespread in Russia. While in developed countries some 50-60% of blocks of flats are built using steel frame, in Russia the volume is just 13.5%. The potential for the use of steel structures is seen in the metal companies participating in national projects,…
Drazhnik LLC, operating at alluvial gold sites in Magadan region, has extracted 1312.2 kg of gold. As of September 12, the current season output plan has been 99% fulfilled. This year the company started operating earlier than usual – on March 25, even though usually the company starts operating in late April. The company is…
Uralelectromed under a project to construct a new sulfur acid shop has laid foundation, erected building frame and 3 tanks of 45 cubic meters each. The size of the warehouse will be 750 square meters. It will house 3 tanks to store sulfur acid and a pump unit consisting of 5 pumps. Two of them…
A fire broke out at 3,200 square meters of the cold-rolled metal products unit of steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK)’s Yekaterinburg-based VIZ-Stal plant, 200 people have been evacuated, a representative of the region’s emergency services reported. “Combustion of hydraulic oil occurred on an area of 3,200 square meters. 200 people have been evacuated,” the person said.…
In January-August Zaporozhye Iron Ore Complex increase iron ore output by 4.6% YoY, to 3.09 million tons. In August the enterprise mined 393 thousand tons of ore. In 2018 ZZhRK increase iron ore output by 1.1% YoY, to 4.552 million tons with the iron content of 60.91%. 4.464 million tons were sent to the customers.…
Ratings agency ICRA said that the domestic steel consumption growth is expected to decelerate to around 5%-6% in FY2020 as compared to 7.9% in FY2019, on the back of an unprecedented slowdown in economic activity, as reflected by GDP growth tapering down to 5.0% in Q1 FY2020. Consequently, margin outlook for steelmakers has weakened in…
China steel futures slipped on Tuesday, retreating from a 1-1/2-month high hit in the previous session on high inventories of steel products and concerns about demand from the real estate market. China's new home prices grew at its slowest pace in nearly a year in August with developers seen cutting prices, stoking worries if the…
Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange drifted lower during the morning trading session on Thursday September 19 after the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday but failed to give a clear indication of further cuts. The US central bank lowered its benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points to a range…
