In January-July Azovstal Iron and Steel Works decreased rolled metal output by 8.3% YoY, to 2.183 million tons. Steel manufacture dropped by 5.3%, to 2.355 million tons, and pig ion – by 12.8%, to 1.997 million tons. In July Azovstal produced 269 thousand tons of rolled metal, 301 thousand tons of steel and 265 thousand…
Russian coal supplies to Ukraine dropped by 85.3% YoY, to 12,300 tons in June after the government introduced a permissive export procedure. The majority of exporters ceased shipments in the direction, while part of supplies, judging by the statistics data, was redirected bypass through Belarus. From June 1 Russian companies can supply coal to Ukraine…
Severstal will repair Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works converter pick-up probes to increase the number of smeltings from 82 to 86 per day. The equipment will be supplied by Danieli. The probes will be commissioned by stages in 2020. (Ukrainian metal)
NLMK Group, a global steelmaker, is pleased to announce the appointment of Vyacheslav Vorotnikov as Managing Director of NLMK Lipetsk, effective as of August 5. Vorotnikov previously held the position of NLMK Lipetsk’s Director of Production Planning and Organization. Sergey Filatov, who previously headed NLMK Lipetsk, has decided to step down as Managing Director for…
The Bakyrchik mining enterprise is considering the possibility of expanding its fleet of haul trucks made by the Belarusian automobile engineering company BelAZ, the enterprise’s Director General Kenbeiyl Isayev announced. When asked about possible plans to buy BelAZ haul trucks, Kenbeiyl Isayev noted that the matter would be looked into in late 2019 – early…
Last week the price of one ounce of gold increased by 20.485 manats or by 1.01%. Accordingly, the average price of one ounce of gold stood at 2,419.6202 manats. The price of one ounce of silver decreased by 0.3201 manats or by 1.01%, to 27.7827 manats. The price of one ounce of platinum dropped by…
In May Russia exported 19.4 thousand tons of ferrochromium, up by 140% MoM and by 339% YoY. Deliveries to US grew 10-fold, to 10.3 thousand tons, and to the Netherlands – by 76%, to 4.6 thousand tons. In 5 months ferrochromium exports totaled 57.4 thousand tons, up by 133% YoY. In monetary terms since the…
The builders of the Frunze bridge in the city of Samara have finished laying concrete of the roadway plates. The laying started in December 2018. The builders used nearly 5 thousand cubic meters of concrete and 9 thousand tons of metal structures. The automobiles were allowed to cross the bridge starting from August 1, and…