NuMetal and its key shareholder Russian bank VTB have not abandoned the idea of buying bankrupt Indian smelter Essar Steel, VTB CEO Andrei Kostin announced on October 5. Bloomberg reported that India’s Supreme Court ruled on October 4 that the entire soured debt of affiliates of participants in the auction for the steel asset must…
SIA JM Properties, a subsidiary of AS Jensen Metal Holding, is constructing a metal works on the territory of the industrial park of Karosta in Liepaja. At the first stage the company plans to construct a building with the size of 11 thousand square meters. The construction is scheduled to be completed in May 2019.…
The founder and co-owner of USM Holdings, a well-known Russian businessman of Uzbek origin Alisher Usmanov talked about his plans to invest in projects in Uzbekistan. Speaking about business projects in Uzbekistan, Usmanov, first of all, noted the Uzbek metallurgical complex. “I will help only in business. The companies I own, where I am a…
This year the mining and metal enterprises of Ukraine will spend over 40 billion UAH on modernization. According to Sergey Belenkiy, the chairman of the Federation of Metallurgists of Ukraine, in particular Metinvest will spend 33 billion UAH. ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih plans to invest 10 billion UAH. “As to other enterprises, everything is not clear…
In August metal companies consumed 150 million cubic meters of natural gas, up by 3% MoM. In 8 months 1230 million cubic meters were consumed, up by 11%. Electricity consumption totaled 7.9 billion kW-h, up by 10%. (Ukrainian metal)
According to the Russian Railroads, in August transportation volumes reached 108.4 million tons, up from 107.6 million tons in July and by 2% YoY. In January-August railroads transported 857.8 million tons, up by 2.9% YoY. In particular, iron and manganese ores accounted for 77. million tons, up by 5.4%, ferrous metals – 52.5 million tons,…
The Arbitrary court of Sverdlovsk region will consider the claim of Sortstal on being declared bankrupt. The court received the relevant document on August 24. According to it, the volume of claims is 49.87 million rubles. Sortstal was registered in 2004. Its main activities were wholesale of fuel, ore and chemical materials. (Ukrainian metal)
Russian government ministries have agreed that a proposed windfall tax on metals, mining and chemical companies is inappropriate, Reuters reported citing Industry Minister Denis Manturov. “With colleagues from other ministries, we have reached a common position that as of today it’s inappropriate,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a military forum. The proposal, put…