The Koksoviy site, a part of PMH, has concluded an agreement with the official representative of BelAZ for the delivery of quarry dump trucks with the combined cost of some 3 billion rubles. According to the agreement, this year the site will receive 31 units of BelAZ machines (21 BelAZ-75581 and 10 BelAZ-75585) with the…
In January-April scrap procurement in Ukraine decreased to 1.042 million tons from 1.12 million tons last year. At the same time scrap deliveries to metal companies increased by 11%, to 988 thousand tons. As of May 1, scrap stocks at metal companies were estimated at 50-60 thousand tons. The main source of scrap is amortization…
NLMK Group, a global steel company, and the Administration of the Lipetsk region have signed a memorandum of intent to build a new recovery power plant at NLMK Lipetsk, running on by-product gases from hot-end operations. The project will enable a reduction in carbon oxide (CO) emissions by 3,000 tons per year and a decrease…
In May, prices of industrial products increased by 2.3% MoM and by 4.8% since December 2018. Mining companies increased prices by 7.4%, and processing by 3.4%. In particular, since the start of the year prices for metal ores have grown by 14.2%, and for coal by 10%. Zinc became 10.8% more expensive, ore – 6.6%,…
NLMK-Metiz has shipped to a client a trial batch of fasteners with the volume of 3.5 tons. The metal wares were ordered via the company e-store. Screws with dummy blocks, self-tapping screws for gypsum cardboard and wood, widely used in construction and furniture manufacture, have been shipped to the PromTechKom company. All the metal wares…
Mechel has concluded an agreement with BelAZ on the delivery of 15 quarry dump trucks with the combined cost of 2 billion rubles. The new machines with the lifting capacity of 130 to 220 tons will arrive at Mechel enterprises in Kemerovo and Irkutsk regions: 11 BelAZs will be operating at the Yuzhniy Kuzbass pits,…
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has opened a bidding book for $500-million 5-year Eurobonds with a yield guidance of 4.75% annually, a banking source reported. The company has been holding meetings with investors in Moscow, European and U.S. cities since May 30. Citi, J.P. Morgan and Societe Generale are the organizers. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
In 2018, Ferrexpo invested over 3.5 billion UAH (more than $139 million) in the development of Poltava, Yeristovo and Belanovsky Mining and Processing Works. In particular, PGOK received 2.414 billion UAH ($90 million), and EGOK and BGOK – 1.073 billion UAH ($40 million). PGOK spent the funds mostly to maintain its operation (806 million UAH),…