Russia: Severstal-Metiz turns 15

In July Severstal-Metiz is celebrating 15 years since its creation. The company was founded on July 1, 2004 to manage three plants: Cherepovets Steel-Rolling Plant, Orel Steel-Rolling Plant and VolgoMetiz. Since then the company has invested over 12 billion rubles in the modernization of the enterprises. The plant in Orel since 2014 has been manufacturing…

Ukraine: UGOK sinter output up in June 2019

In June Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works produced 997 thousand tons of concentrate, down by 0.9% YoY. At the same time the manufacture of sinter increased by 17.7%, to 103.7 thousand tons. In January-June UGOK produced 6275.6 thousand tons of concentrate, up by 3.6% YoY. But the sinter manufacture dropped by 25.3%, to 668.7 thousand…

Russia: government sets scrap export quota

The Russian government has made a decision to impose temporal quoting of scrap exports. From July 1 till December 31, the delivery of ferrous metals scrap and wastes to countries other than EAEU members will be subject to quantitative limitations. The Ministry of Finances and the Ministry of Economical Development have approved of the decision.…