In January Russia produced 4.15 million tons of pig iron, down by 7.8% YoY (4.715 million tons in December 2018). Ukraine, no longer a part of CIS, decreased pig iron output by 9.6%, to 1.789 million tons (1.832 million tons). Kazakhstan produced 250 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 20.4% (260 thousand tons). All…
In 2019 Beringpromugol LLC plans to extract 750 thousand tons of coal in Chukotka. The company will be developing the Fandyushkinskoye field deposit. Last year the company received a license to prospect and extract at the Zapadniy site till September 2038, as well as prolonged its license for the Levoberezhniy site till 2038. In 2018…
On March 1 Belarus Iron and Steel Works put into operation a new machine to produce metal cord for bulk and extremely bulk tyres. The GCR machine was assembled in the steel wire shop No. 2. This is the only shop at the company to produce such a cord. It has improved strength because of…
The Uralelectromed powder shop has received a new Gecam mill. The mill processes the surface of wares made of copper powder. Previously wares were treated manually. The machine will do it 3-4 times faster and is expected to process some 20 to 30 thousand spare parts per month. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko took part in the launch of a continuous casting machine No. 4 of the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. “I was pleased to learn that the company had a sharp increase in wages in the second half of 2018. And the average salary at the enterprise is UAH 18,000 ($670).…
Verkhovna Rada has approved as a whole the decree to decrease the ferrous scrap shortage on the domestic market by increasing the scrap export duty from 42 euro to 48 euro per ton and prolonging it for three years. 234 members of the Parliament voted in favor of the decree. This is the third decree.…
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has been smelting steel for 10 years. On March 1, 2009, the converter shop, electric arc furnace shop and limestone-dolomite shop were united into the steel-smelting manufacture. In 10 years the combined output of converter and electric steel exceeded 110 million tons. In 2018 the company produced 9.9 million tons.…
This year Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) intends to actively sell scrap and outdated cars and earn some 2 billion UAH. Since late 2018 Ukrzaliznytsia has started selling scrap via the Prozorro.Sales program. At that time the company put its first four lots for sale with the combined initial cost of 260 million UAH. In January the…
