Russia: management replaced at Permmetal

Andrey Chernyshov, CEO of a major metal center Permmetal, has left the company. Now the company will be managed via Regionbiznesproekt from Moscow. Permmetal has separate divisions in the cities of Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk as well as controls a subsidiary Service Trade LLC in Moscow. In 2018 the company received revenue of 7.8 billion rubles…

Russia: metal output up in H1 2019

According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, in January-June Russia produced 25.6 million tons of pig iron, down by 1.4% YoY. In June output dropped by 3.7% MoM and by 3.1% YoY. Rolled metal manufacture in 6 months grew by 0.2%, to 30.8 million tons. In June output decreased by 3.7% MoM, but increased…