Karelsky Okatysh together with the Institute of the North industrial ecology problems have started choosing a method to purify quarry wastewater from the Korpangskoye deposit before discharging it to the Bezymyanniy Brook. The water will be purified with the help of a natural component – peat substrate. Main work will begin in 2020, and investments…
DetailsThe Cabinet of Ministers has prolonged duties on some Russian products until December 31, 2020. The action has been taken as a response to the similar action on behalf of Russia. The special duty, in addition to all other duties, has been in effect since April 1. In particular, the duty applies to carbon steel…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has started using a new LECO laboratory complex to quicker and more precisely analyze the quality of coal grades and correct their proportions in the charge while making coke. The optimal contents of the charge allow improving coke quality and decreasing its prime cost. The cost of the complex is 3 million…
DetailsMetal slag and ash will be used in road works. “This governmental decision lets us stop importing construction materials from Russia, in particular bitumen. It will also help save funds while repairing the roads, but the quality will still be high”, infrastructure minister Vladislav Krikliy has declared. From now on metal slag will be used…
DetailsIn January-November Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine decreased rolled metal output by 6% YoY, to 2.075 million tons. Steel manufacture dropped by 6.4%, to 2.052 million tons, and pig iron – by 17.4%, to 1.848 million tons. In November DMK produced 114 thousand tons of rolled metal, 97 thousand tons of steel and 82 thousand…
DetailsThe Eurasian Economic Committee has imposed antidumping duties for 5 years on the import of galvanized rolled metal from China and Ukraine. The duty for Chinese metal amounts to 12.68-17% and for Ukrainian – 23.9%. Another duty of 15.5% was applied to Chinese seamless round pipes with the outer diameter of up to 650 mm.…
DetailsIn October metal output decreased by 4.3% YoY, while in 10 months grew by 0.8%. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, unalloyed steel manufacture in October dropped by 1% YoY and by 3.4% MoM, to 4.7 million tons, and in 10 months – by 1%. Manufacture of stainless steel totaled 14.7 thousand tons,…
DetailsMechel-Service has supplied 2.3 thousand tons of rolled metal for the manufacture of electric line pillars for the Sila Sibiri gas pipeline. The metal has been shipped to the Omsk Electromechanical Works, which has produced pillars. Most of the batch comprised of sheet manufactured at Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works of 09G2S steel. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsHighland Gold Mining Limited has become the first miner to actually sell gold on the Moscow Exchange. Gold was delivered to the depository on November 29, and on December 2 the first deal on the Moscow Exchange precious metals market was concluded. The company has sold 1198 ounces (37250 g) of gold at 3009.5 rubles…
DetailsIn September Russia exported 1.9 thousand tons of aluminum foil, down by 13% MoM, but up 4-fold YoY. Deliveries to US keep decreasing – from 1.6 thousand tons to 1.4 thousand tons. At the same time exports to Belarus grew by 22%, to 310 tons. In 9 months exports totaled 24 thousand tons, up by…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih intends to reconstruct its Mirolyubovka tailing pond. The project presupposes the increase of the height of the levees first to 160 meters (first stage) and then to 165 meters (second stage). AMKR is using 3 tailing ponds. $50 million will be invested in two of them – Mirolyubovka and Obyedinennoye – in…
DetailsEnergomashspetsstal has concluded an agreement with Shagang Group, China. EMSS will produce and supply supporting rolls for hot-rolling mill-1700. The combined weight of the batch is 71 tons. The rolls have to be delivered in Q4 2020. This is the second contract between the parties. The first, for two bulk supporting rolls, was signed in…
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