The Center of metal products standardization and certification the Central Scientific and Research Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy named after Bardin has prepared the second edition of the interstate standard GOST 5640 “Steel. Metallographical method of rolled metal microstructure evaluation”. The standard is being developed to replace the GOST 5640-68 in order to include a number…
Russia and Nigeria are discussing joint finishing of construction of Africa’s largest steel plant Ajaokuta, Nigerian ambassador to Russia Steve Davies Ugbah reported. “The president of Nigeria will come to Russia with a large delegation on October 23–24. They will consider singing contracts in various spheres, including mineral production, infrastructure development, contracts in the oil,…
Dnipro River Port has transshipped a batch of Turkish galvanized coils. “On October 7 the port started unloading steel coils from the Nefterudovoz-46M. The ship has brought 2.5 thousand tons of high-quality galvanized steel coils from Turkey”, the port authority reported. The coils are transported from the ship directly to the trucks. (Ukrainian metal)
In September Krasnoyarsk Railroad transported 6.6 million tons of cargo, up by 3.3% YoY. In January-September 62.4 million tons were transported, down by 0.7% YoY. In particular, the railroad transported 39.5 million tons of coal, up by 1%, and 728 thousand tons of iron and manganese ore, up by 14.7%. At the same time transportation…
Participants of the mining and metal cargo transportation market have noticed the drop of price for railroad cars since the start of the year. In particular, the decrease in price has been noted by 64% of the surveyed market participants. 21% did not see the decrease, while 15% noted the growth of prices. Moreover, the…
In January-September the East-Siberian Railroad transported 47.4 million tons of cargo, down by 0.5% YoY. In particular, 4.4 million tons of iron ore were transported, up by 14.8%, and 418 thousand tons of ferrous scrap, up by 11.5%. At the same time transportation of coal dropped by 2.1%, to 21 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-September RZD transported over 3.65 million tons of TEU containers, up by 12.7% YoY. Domestic transportation reached 1.52 million TEU, up by 8.6%, transit – 409.4 thousand TEU, up by 7.4%, export – 935.7 thousand TEU, up by 12.4%, and import – some 788 thousand TEU, up by 25.6%. Ferrous metals accounted for 102.3…
Cargo of the mining and metallurgical industries of Russia will be transported on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, ADY Express LLC reported. This was announced during the tenth international conference “Railway Transportation of Mining and Metallurgical Cargo” held in Moscow (Russia). At the event, representatives of ADY Express LLC presented their options for transporting these types of…