The company Ametistovoye has received the status of the Kamchatka Advanced Development Territory resident. The reason was the signing of an investment agreement valued at 4 billion rubles with the Far East Development Corporation. The company intends to construct a mine and modernize a mining and processing works at the Ametistovoye gold deposit. The project…
In January the West-Siberian Railroad transported 22 million tons of cargo in Kuzbass region, up by 5% YoY. In particular, the transportation of coal grew by 3.5%, to 19 million tons. The railroad also transported 775 thousand tons of iron ore (+49%) and 547 thousand tons of ferrous metals (+2.7%). (Ukrainian metal)
Tenaris S.A. and Severstal have announced that they will create a joint venture to build a welded pipe plant to produce OCTG products in the Surgut area, West Siberia, Russian Federation. Severstal will have a 51% interest in the joint venture company, with Tenaris owning the remaining 49%. The commencement of the project is subject…
Metinvest-SMC has developed and implemented a special program of preferences for metal structure exporters. “Our customers – metal structure works – have orders not only locally but also from abroad. And we react to that: our warehouses carry a range of rolled metal certified to EN”, the company CEO Dmitry Lippa said. Since mid-2018 the…
In 2018 the steel sales of Metinvest-SMC increased by 4% YoY. “According to our preliminary estimates, the local market has grown by some 4%. Our sales increased in this range as well”, the company CEO Dmitry Lippa said. In January-November 2018 sales exceeded 2 million tons. The company is expecting good results in 2019. “We…
In 2018 Metinvest enterprises mastered the manufacture of over 40 new types of products. According to the Metinvest-SMC CEO Dmitry Lippa, the novelties are in various stages of mastering: some have only been produced as trial versions, while the others have already seen an increase in sales. Now Metinvest is working to get to the…
Last year the growth of wages at Metinvest enterprises exceeded 30%. According to the group personnel director Alexander Pimkin, key jobs saw a rise of 40-45%. “Now the salary of our key employees in metal, mining and coke departments ranges within $1000-1200 in UAH equivalent”, he said. (Ukrainian metal)
As of February 1, 7 employees of the Zaporozhye Ferro Alloys Plant have fallen ill with measles. All the diseased are over 30 years old. One illness has been officially confirmed by the company laboratory. (Ukrainian metal)
