In late March, Primetals Technologies received the Final Acceptance Certificates (FACs) for automation upgrades conducted on a third-party 6-strand billet caster and two blast furnaces of Gerdau Ouro Branco in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The caster project included the upgrade of outdated level 1 and level 2 systems, resulting in quality improvements, reduced maintenance requirements and…
Bankers to take a near 30% haircut; operational creditors to get `350 crore against admitted claims of `733.76 crore Sajjan Jindal-promoted JSW Steel has finally won Bhushan Power and Steel (BPSL) with its Rs 19,700-crore bid having been accepted by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). At this price, bankers will be taking a near…
A tighter supply-demand balance for iron ore at Chinese ports coupled with sharp price decreases in the seaborne market have led to the steelmaking raw material being sold at large premiums at the docks in China. Fastmarkets’ implied China port price for 62% Fe iron ore fines, fot Qingdao was $10.18 per tonne higher than…
In January-August Ukraine transported 1.05 million tons of metal products via the Dnipro River, up by 33.9% YoY. Overall transportation grew by 29.3%, to 6.88 million tons. In January-June metal transportation increased by 45% YoY, to 647 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-August Ukraine received $6.3 billion of revenue from the exports of ferrous metals, down by 10% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, ferrous metals accounted for 19.08% of total revenue, down from 22.65% in 2018. In August exports revenue was $685.68 million. Imports of ferrous metals in 8 months dropped by 4.4%, to…
Early on September 5 fire break out on the territory of Metinvest – Kriviy Rih repair-mechanical plant. According to the emergency service, a transformer in the foundry shop took fire. The fire has damaged the electric cable. The size of the fire was 3 meters. There were no casualties. According to the Metinvest press-service, the…
In January-August Ukraine exported 37.082 thousand tons of ferrous metals scrap, down 8.1-fold YoY, valued at $10.259 million, down 9.6-fold. In particular, in August Ukraine exported 155 tons of scrap, in July – 204 tons, in June – 208 tons, in May – 8.086 thousand tons, in April – 8.791 thousand tons, in March –…
Rosteh is ready to start designing and constructing an enterprise to process tungsten-molybdenum ores in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria. A mine, a processing factory and a hydrometallurgical plant with the capacity of 4.5 thousand tons of tungsten oxide will be built. Investments in the project will total 20 billion rubles. The cost of the license to develop…