Ukraine: Trubostal switches to losses in 2018

In 2018 Trubostal received 687 thousand UAH of net losses as opposed to 14.806 million UAH of net profit in 2017. The undistributed profit totaled 21.419 million UAH. The company current liabilities dropped by 4.2%, to 198.088 million UAH, while the long-term liabilities remained unchanged at 9 million UAH. Accounts receivable fell by 15.2%, to…

Russia: MMK increases production energy efficiency

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) invested around 500 million rubles into the continued implementation of initiatives aimed at improving the energy efficiency of its production processes in 2018. One of the key tools of energy efficiency improvement is through the elaboration and implementation of relevant innovation proposals. Back in 2016, an Idea Management unit…

Russia: mine collapses in Kemerovo region

Rescuers have evacuated seven miners from the emergency section of the Karagailinskaya mine in the Prokopyevsky district of the Kemerovo region, where the rock collapsed, a representative of local emergency services reported. A total of 59 people were in the mine at the moment of collapse, including seven people on the emergency section. One miner…