Magnitogorsk has been excluded from the list of cities with the most polluted air in 2018, according to a report by the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Thanks to MMK’s large-scale environmental program, the Comprehensive Air-quality Index (CAI) indicator for the city will have been reduced to a low level by 2025. The…
NLMK Lipetsk, NLMK Group’s flagship production site, has completed the construction of a road in the village of Teploye, Lipetsk region, employing a new soil stabilization technology, which uses steel slag. This road will not need repairs for at least three years, and has a price tag three times lower than regular asphalt and concrete…
Information of the government on Kumtor was included in September work schedule of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan. The Cabinet of Ministers should report on the fulfillment of resolutions of the Parliament dated February 26, 2015 and June 29, 2015. At the same time, the Committee on Fuel, Energy Complex and Subsoil Use will first consider…
One person has been killed at the Skochinsky mine in the occupied city of Donetsk on September 4. “At about 09:30 a blast occurred on the territory of the Skochinsky mine. The explosion occurred on the surface – in the wasteland not involved in production. One person who was an employee of the mine was…
Donetskstal estimates investments in the construction of new objects at Pokrovskoye Mine Group to extract coking coal at 530 million UAH per year. “None is carrying out such products in Ukraine now. Moreover, in the post-Soviet space only a handful of companies actively invest in the development of coal industry,” the company CEO Ildar Saleyev…
In June Russia exported 4.8 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 12% MoM and by 22.5% YoY. US imported 1.9 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 23% MoM, and Turkey decreased purchases by 58%, to 818 tons. In H1 ferromanganese exports totaled 33.2 thousand tons, up by 25.2% YoY. In monetary terms since the start…
The Federal Agency on technical regulation and metrology (Rosstandart) has approved the GOST 1628-2019 “Copper rods. Technical conditions” standard. The standard will replace GOST 1628-78. It will become valid from December 1. (Ukrainian metal)
The Federal Antimonopoly Service has allowed a company affiliated with Translom to buy the Sinara Group scrap procuring business. According to the analysts the merged company will not control more than 14% of the scrap market. In particular, Germes was allowed to buy TMK-Chermet. There are no companies with the market share over 35% in…