Energomashspetsstal has shipped a large hammer frame to LASCO Umformtechnick GmbH. The frame with the weight of 61 tons is a part of press-forge machinery. This is not the first hammer frame produced by EMSS for LASCO. So far 14 hammer frames have been shipped to the German customer. The companies have been cooperating for…
DetailsUGMK-Holding and CINF (China) have carried out the fourth round of negotiations on designing and construction of a new zinc electrolysis shop at Electrozinc in the city of Vladikavkaz, which will produce 96 thousand tons of zinc and zinc-aluminum alloy per year. This year Electrozinc will finish the project and design work on construction. “We…
DetailsKarelsky Okatysh has put a new 20-cubic meters EKG-20KM excavator into operation. According to the company statement, the machine will work at the central quarry. It will replace the CAT-6060, the operation of which has been suspended because of the high expenses. The new excavator will dig some 4 million cubic meters of rock per…
DetailsIn January-July DTEK Energo produced 13.4 million tons of gas coal, up by 15.6% YoY. According to the company statement, at present thermal power plants using gas coal operate at the maximum loading. They produce more electricity, increasing fuel consumption. To satisfy the gas coal demand DTEK Energy in 2017 increased investments in mining 1.5-fold,…
DetailsNaftogaz Ukrainy has asked the Commercial court of Donetsk region to open a case on the bankruptcy of Energomashspetsstal. The suit was filed on August 3 by the Naftogaz daughter company – Gaz Ukrainy. As of August 1 EMSS is the fourth largest debtor of Naftogaz as to gas among industrial consumers with its debt…
DetailsThe shareholders of Poltava Mining and Processing Works have approved of a number of deals as to the $500 million loan agreement. Ferrexpo Finance plc, Ferrexpo AG and Ferrexpo Middle East FZE will open a credit line valued at $500 million at LIBOR for 3-months deposits +4% with the maturity date of September 30, 2021.…
DetailsIn January-July Ukrainian metal companies decreased hot-briquetted iron imports by 96.7% YoY, to 1.47 thousand tons. According to the customs statistics of the State Fiscal Service, in monetary terms imports decreased by 94.8%, to $389 thousand. All the metal arrived from Russia. Ukraine neither exports nor re-exports HBI. The largest HBI manufacturer in CIS is…
DetailsSince the gold season started and as of August 1, Rosszoloto LLC has obtained 193 kg of alluvial gold, up by 27% YoY. As of August 1, 2016 the company obtained 152 kg of gold. The increase in output was the result of putting 3 new sites into operation: Sardangro, Malaya Tynda and Otradny. The…
DetailsChelyabinsk Zinc Works has completed the transition to using large size cathodes in the zinc electrolysis shop. The investment program presupposed the modernization of all the necessary capacities all over the works. And the cathode replacement is one of the most important steps of the program. The shop baths contain 16,320 cathodes. The size of…
DetailsMechel-Service has supplied 2.2 thousand tons of rolled metal for the construction of the Platov international airport in Rostov-on-Don. Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works rebars account for most of the metal supplied. The company also delivered construction mesh, beams and sheets. Platov is designed to become the main air haven of the South of Russia.…
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