Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works blast furnace No. 4 has turned 50. The blast furnace produces one fourth of all the company pig iron. The furnace was blown on March 27, 1969, and the first pig iron was produced on March 29. The volume of the furnace was 2.7 thousand cubic meters, and the capacity…
In 2018 Belarus Iron and Steel Works produced 2.4 million tons of steel, with bars manufacture at 2.1 million tons, seamless pipes – 139 thousand tons, metal cord – 92 thousand tons, and wire – 332 thousand tons. Revenue reached $1.5 billion. Last year BMZ exported metal to 66 countries. The main markets are EU…
ArcelorMittal Temirtau has purchased three coal cutter-loaders from Yasinovataya Machine-Building Works situated on the territory of the Russia-occupied Donetsk region in Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and supported by Russia. The price of the contract, concluded in June 2018, was $1.65 million. Paramjit Kahlon, the CEO of the AMT, is…
In January-February domestic consumers received 555.9 thousand tons of rolled metal, with 186.9 thousand tons, or 33.6% imported. In January-February 2018, domestic market consumed 663.1 thousand tons, of which 193.1 thousand tons, or 29.1% were imported. Thus, this year metal consumption dropped by 16.2%, with imports down by 3.2%. Most metal was supplied from the…
This year Unisteel intends to increase cold-rolled galvanized metal output to 70 thousand tons. According to the company CEO Sergey Miroshnichenko, in 2017 Unisteel sold 14.8 thousand tons of metal mostly domestically. “In 2018 sales reached some 35 thousand tons. This year we intend to double them”, he said. Around 20% of metal was exported…
The state enterprise Yuzhniy Machine-Building Works named after Makarov has concluded and agreement with the Joint Ukrainian-Turkish enterprise Ecologia LLC on the delivery of rolled titanium valued at 30.5 million UAH. This year the company will receive 10 tons of titanium sheets with the size of 11x1100x2300 mm at 3050 UAH ($112) per kg. Last…
From April 1, Metinvest will increase wages to its employees by 15% on average. The salary of the directors of Metinvest enterprises and employees of the managing company will not increase. Last year Metinvest increased the wages twice: in April they grew by 20%, and in October – by 10%. In 2018 the average salary…
In 2018 rare-earth metals consumption in Russia totaled 1.2 thousand tons, while in China – 100 thousand tons. Thus, the local market is still weak. The main consumption industries are manufacture of catalysts, glass and optics. Consumption could grow, according to the experts, by increasing catalysts output and by developing the metal industry. At present…
