In 2018 Zaporozhkoks, under a program to increase energy efficiency, decreased consumption of the main resources – gas, steam and electricity – at the same time retaining output volumes. This allowed the enterprise saving some 41 million UAH. At the same time the blast furnace coke output volumes remained unchanged – 825 thousand tons. (Ukrainian…
In January the Far Eastern Railroad transported 1.5 million tons of coal, down by 12% YoY. Last year coal transportation dropped by 5.5%, to 17.8 million tons. At the same time iron ore concentrate transportation grew by 88.9%, to 60 thousand tons. In the whole 2018, 664 thousand tons of concentrate were transported, up by…
OMZ-Spetsstal has concluded an agreement to supply pipe billets to the Pipe Metal Company. The billets will be used to produce corrosion-resistant casing pipes for Gazprom. The companies have been cooperating since 2016. In 2018 OMZ-Spetsstal received a certificate enabling it to supply metal to TMK. Last autumn the company shipped some 800 tons of…
In 2018 Belarus increased the exports of anthracite coal to Ukraine 340-fold, and ordinary coal – 980-fold. Belarus has no coal deposits of its own. Coal re-exports last year totaled 853.9 thousand tons valued at $74.9 million. Ukraine accounted for 588.5 thousand tons (0.6 thousand tons in 2017) at $50.3 million ($63 million), and EU…
In January Russia produced 882 thousand tons of pipes, down by 7.7% YoY and by 10.7% MoM. According to the Rosstat, rolled metal output decreased by 4.5% MoM, but was on par with January 2018 – 5.1 million tons. Russia produced 4.4 million tons of pig iron, down by 4% YoY and by 1.4% MoM.…
In January the Novosibirsk subsidiary of the First Cargo Company increased the ferrous metals transportation 1.7-fold YoY, to 38 thousand tons. “The positive dynamics is due to the consumption growth on the domestic market and high demand from North-Eastern Africa and the Near East”, the subsidiary director Yevgeniy Dolzhenko said. Ferrous rolled metal transportation grew…
In 2018 KAZ Minerals profit increased by 14% YoY, to $510 million, thanks to the growth of copper output and sales. Revenue grew by 30%, to $2.16 billion. EBITDA went up from $580 million to $642 million. Copper output increased by 16%, to 296 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Dobropolskaya mine has commissioned the first new long face this year. On February 20, the miners descended to the site No. 1 of the long face No. 4. The shaft has enough coal for 11 months of operation – some 430 thousand tons. DTEK invested 50 million UAH in the long face. In March DTEK…
