The Achinsk Alumina Refinery of Russian aluminum producer RUSAL has suspended production because of explosions on a military warehouse nearby, a RUSAL spokesperson reported. “Due to the current situation, the Achinsk Alumina Refinery has established a commanding unit for a prompt response. A decision to suspend all works and evacuate the employees has been made…
In July a number of manufacturers decreased prices by 0.8% MoM, but increased by 3.2% since the start of the year. In January-July prices grew by 9.6% YoY, the Ministry of the national economy statistics committee reports. In particular, in mining industry prices went up by 4.4%. Since the start of the year coal has…
In May Russia exported 5.5 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 33.2% MoM, but up by 10.2% YoY. Deliveries to US dropped by 24%, to 2.4 thousand tons, and to Turkey – by 19%, to 2 thousand tons. In 5 months ferromanganese exports totaled 28.3 thousand tons, up by 39.8% YoY. In monetary terms since…
Kuzbassrazrezugol has set a world record on monthly loading of mined rock by an EKG-18 No. 21 excavator – 1.09 million cubic meters. This is the third record with the EKG-18. The first was set in July 2017 (675.3 thousand cubic meters of rock), and the second – last year at the Berezovsky pit (1.017…
The high quality of Evraz Kachkanarsky Mining and Processing Works pellets and the client-oriented approach of the company have been noted by NLMK. The NLMK provision service, while evaluating the operation with suppliers in 2018, awarded Evraz KGOK the A class (the party with the high level of delivery reliability) giving it the highest points…
The European Commission has decreased the antidumping duties on Interpipe Niko Tube and Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsk Pipe Works from 13.8% to 8.1%. The decision has been taken under a partial revision of antidumping duties on the import of some steel pipes from Ukraine. The revision has been initiated by Interpipe. The EU started revising duty size…
Since the start of the year Metinvest has provided over 16 million UAH for the beautification of the building surrounding grounds in Mariupol. The project is carried out under the “Comfortable yard” program On the territory surrounding buildings new children playground appear, as well as gazebos, benches and sports grounds. In 3 years Metinvest has…
The heating furnace No. 4 has been shut down for capital repairs in the sheet-rolling shop-3000 of the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. The cost of the repairs will reach 10.5 million UAH ($410 thousand). As the result the furnace energy efficiency will meet the best world standards. The repair will last for 105…