NLMK, NLMK Group’s Lipetsk site, has started installation of the reheating furnace equipment in its hot-rolling shop. A new walking-beam furnace will replace a previous-generation pusher-type furnace. The new furnace will add 110 thousand tons per year (+2%) to the hot-rolling mill’s output, improve product quality thanks to a more sophisticated technology for charging slabs…
The Russian group of ChTPZ (Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Plant) has won the tender of the Turkmengas State Concern for the supply of pipes for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline under construction. The company will supply pipes for the construction of the linear part of the pipeline with a length of 214 kilometers. The deal amounted to…
Russia notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the possibility of retaliation against E.U. tariff quotas on steel imports, according to the WTO documents. The European Commission introduced up to three-year restrictions on imports of 26 categories of steel products on February 2, after the U.S. set up steel import duties. The measures consist of…
In January-March Irkutsk region mined 3247.3 kg of ore gold, on par with the corresponding period of 2018. At present Polyus Verninskoye, Druza LLC, Vysochaishiy and its enterprise Ugakhan LLC are mining gold in the region. Polyus Verninskoye accounted for the most gold in Q1 – 1882.2 kg. Alluvial sites development will start in May.…
Severouralsky Bauxite Mine has put into operation the final, third stage of the Cheremukhovskaya-Glubokaya mine. Investments totaled 460 million rubles. And the overall expenses on the construction of the mine exceeded 7.9 billion rubles. The depth of the mineshaft is 1.5 km. The design speed of the mine cage is 11.73 meters per second, which…
In 2018 Russia procured 25.95 million tons of scrap, with the average price at 17.727 rubles per ton, up by 2,817 rubles YoY. As metal companies did not want to buy scrap at that price, exports in December 2018 increased. Because of the increase of the domestic prices, some metal companies are lobbying the imposition…
Ferrexpo AG, owning 99.11% of Poltava Mining and Processing Works, the largest manufacturer of iron ore pellets in Ukraine, intends to use squeeze-out from minority shareholders. At present Ferrexpo AG owns 189.313 million ordinary shares. (Ukrainian metal)
The campaign for repair of blasts furnaces has begun at ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih. The main scope of repairs will be performed in the first half of the year. Category 3 intensive capital repair of the blast furnace No. 6 has begun. It will last for six days. Here charging equipment and main hoist skips will…