Krasnobrodskiy Coal Pit of Kuzbassrazrezugol has commissioned a new TEMN-2N-UGMK locomotive manufactured at the Shadrinsk Auto-Aggregate Plant (ShAAZ). “Since 2014 under the program to renovate the locomotive fleet the company has received 16 TEM2-UGMK locomotives modernized at ShAAZ. But this is a new machine. It will be used at the railroad stations of the pit”,…
In 2019 Evraz ZSMK decreased dumps into the Konobenikha River by 900 thousand cubic meters YoY. This has become possible thanks to the water-protection program planned for 2017-2022. One of the steps is decreasing fresh river water consumption at the pump and filter station of the rail and beam shop. Previously, the warm used water…
Mikhailovsky Mining and Processing Works has produced a batch of iron ore pellets with improved strength and metal characteristics for Ural Stal. In particular, their fluxing rate is 0.5 and iron content is 62.85%. The pellets were produced of iron ore concentrate obtained by ways of Derrick fine screening. In October Ural Stal received 90…
PNTZ has finished repairing its electric steel smelting shop Iron Ozon 32. The repaired machinery is expected to improve manufacture efficiency. In particular, a new heat elimination system will increase the intensity of steel manufacture, while continuous casting machines repair will speed up steel ingoting. Iron Ozon 32 is one of the most efficient pipe…
In January-September Timan Bauxite, an alumina part of Rusal, mined 2.569 million tons, down by 4.4% YoY. In Q3 978 thousand tons of products were manufactured, up by 5.6% QoQ. Excavation works amounted to 13.446 million cubic meters, up by 6.3% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In August Russia exported 1.8 thousand tons of ferrotitanium, down by 4% MoM, but up by 6.7% YoY. Exports to the Netherlands dropped by 6%, to 1.28 thousand tons, and to Germany – by 13%, to 65.8 tons. Deliveries to China grew inconsiderably, to 270 tons. In January-August ferrotitanium exports totaled 12.9 thousand tons, up…
At the headquarters of Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), the Magnitogorsk section of the conference “Best Available Technology in Blast Furnace Production” will take place. The conference was organized by the Russian Steel association, the International Union of Metallurgists and the magazine Eurasian Metals, with support from the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.…
NLMK Lipetsk, the flagship site of NLMK Group, has started commercial deliveries of S500MC and S550MC high-strength HRC (yield strength 500 and 550 MPa) to the Russian market. These steel products are used in the manufacture of dump truck bodies, scrap trucks, truck chassis, cranes and other special purpose machinery. The use of high-strength steel…