In February in order to secure economic safety and stable position on the market Zagorsky Pipe Works purchased strip carriers. The number of wagons and the sum of investments are not disclosed. The wagons can provide for the transportation of over 50 thousand tons of rolled sheet per month. This corresponds to the maximum need…
DetailsLast year the volume of the Ukrainian metal market increased by 5-6%. This year Metinvest expects the increase of consumption by 8%. “We hope that the infrastructure construction and the metal processing industry will help in that”, Metinvest sales director Dmitry Nikolayenko said. The company has a developed sales network, selling historically high volumes of…
DetailsMetinvest decided to shut down Donetskkoks on the temporarily uncontrolled territory of Ukraine because of the inability to secure its profitable operation. The decision to liquidate the company was taken on March 29. All the shareholders voted in favor. After all the creditors’ claims have been satisfied, the company might have some assets valued at…
DetailsOn March 31 the operation of ArcelorMittal Temirtau was completely stopped because of the industrial accident. According to local media, the air duct and the nitrogen pipeline were damaged and fell to the ground at the length of 1 km. There were no casualties. All the rolling shops, sintering machines Nos. 6 and 7, blast…
DetailsDonetsk Railroad, the regional subsidiary of Ukrzaliznytsia, has ordered Druzhkovka Metal Wares Works the delivery of metal wares valued at 8.83 million UAH. Following 4 auctions the company has ordered 149 tons of bolts at 7.24 million UAH and 24 tons of washers at 1.59 million UAH. The goods have to be delivered within 5…
DetailsMetinvest has supplied 8.7 thousand tons of plate steel for the construction of the Willem van Rubroeck dredger, the most powerful dredger in the world. According to the group statement, the combined power of the vessel engines is almost 41 thousand kW. The ship is being constructed at the Uljanik shipyard in Croatia for Jan…
DetailsLast year the project to develop the Kudryaviy Volcano was created. A special machine was made to obtain rhenium and other rare earth metals concentrate. It was assembled at the Crater base on the island of Iturup. The cost of the works carried out last year exceeded 30 million rubles. This year the test of…
DetailsThe investment company Arlan intends to start producing gold at the Rodionovskoye deposits in 2020. According to the company statement, in the first year of operation it is planned to mine 1 ton of gold. In 2021 output is expected to increase to 3 tons of gold, and in 2022 – to 5 tons per…
DetailsIn 2019 Chelyabinsk Zinc Works intends to increase zinc output to 200 thousand tons per year. This year the output will total 188 thousand tons. In 2017 the company produced 183 thousand tons of zinc and zinc-based alloys, up by 4.7% YoY. At the same time Chelyabinsk Zinc Works intends to modernize its manufacture. In…
DetailsRussia’s Chukotka Autonomous District has submitted a request to the Far Eastern Development Ministry to establish a territory of accelerated development Baimskaya to raise about 336 billion rubles in three gold projects, according to a statement released on April 2. The projects Kekura, Klyon and Peschanka can attract almost 120 billion rubles in three years,…
DetailsThe Sumgayit Technologies Park (STP) delivered the first cargo of galvanized steel products to Germany for construction of a new plant of the German auto giant BMW in Cologne, the STP reported. “A contract for supply of the first cargo of metal products to Germany was signed with the contractor company, DMT Foundry GmbH, and…
DetailsAs a result of prospecting and evaluation works new ore objects were discovered in Kazakhstan. Chairman of the Committee of Geology and Subsoil Use of the Ministry for Investment and Development Akbatyr Nadyrbaev and Chairman of the Board of Kazgeology JSC Galym Nurzhanov told about the work carried out in 2017 on geological study of…
DetailsIn 2017 the Moscow region-based Electrostal decreased net profit by 8% YoY, to 145.4 million rubles. In the past five years the company has always been demonstrating profit – 158 million rubles, 129 million rubles, 16 million rubles and 370 million rubles in 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013 respectively. In Q4 2017 the net profit…
DetailsIn 2017 the Magnezit Combine received 140.025 million rubles of net profit, up 3.7-fold YoY.
In 2016 the net profit totaled 38 million rubles.
Last year the revenue of the company grew by 10% YoY, to 6.9 billion rubles.
Sales profits rose 1.6-fold, to 765 million rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
The reserves of the Dobrovolnoye uranium deposits developed by Dalur are estimated at 7067 tons. Its gradual commission will allow the company to increase output by 2025 to 600 tons per year. Payments to budget will total 25 billion rubles, and some 350 jobs will be created for the locals. The average salary at the…
DetailsIn February Russia produced 3.885 million tons of blast furnace pig iron, down by 2.1% YoY (4.3 million tons in January). In 2 months Russia produced 8.185 million tons of pig iron, down by 2.2% YoY. Ukraine February pig iron output increased by 3.8% YoY, to 1.625 million tons (1.8 million tons), but dropped by…
DetailsRussian metals giant Norilsk Nickel plans to spend over 1 billion rubles on geological exploration in 2018, Vice President Yelena Bezdenezhnykh said.
“This year investments are 13% higher than in 2017 in terms of geological exploration volumes,” she said. “This is over 1 billion rubles.” (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
According to the market sources, manufactures of metal wares intend to increase prices in April. One of the major suppliers in addition to a 5% price increase in March has already announced the further growth: in April fasteners will become 10% more expensive, resulting in the price increase for bolts by 5-7%. Experts believe that…
DetailsThe coal mined at the Ukraine-uncontrolled territories of Donetsk region is supplied to Russia, as well as to some enterprises, still operating in the region, “Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works is slightly operating, as well as Makeevka Works, and some mines, for example Komsomolets Donbassa, and mines named after Skochinsky and Zasyadko. Some by-product coke…
DetailsMariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has received new machinery for the construction of the continuous casting machine. According to the company statement, the new machine will produce premium slabs. The cost of the equipment is $150 million. The Primetals Technologies machine will ensure the environmental safety of the operation. The project to reconstruct the…
DetailsIn 2017 Zaporozhogneupor, the largest manufacturer of refractories in Ukraine, increased profits by 71% YoY, to 63.9 million UAH. The company assets cost as of late 2017 totaled 99.484 million UAH. Its current liabilities stood at 681.076 million UAH, while consolidated accounts receivable at 355.777 million UAH. In 2016 the company net profit was 37.348…
DetailsIn February steel output in CIS dropped by 0.5 YoY, to 7.675 million tons. According to World Steel Association, in January-February output decreased by 1%, to 16.165 million tons. In February Russia produced 5.15 million tons of steel, down by 5.7% YoY, and 10.85 million tons in 2 months, down by 4.8%. Ukraine in February…
DetailsPJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih will allocate 8 million UAH for environmental projects implementation in Kriviy Rih and Dnipropetrovsk region. These projects are included into city and regional programs aimed at environmental issues elimination and environment conditions improvement. PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih will finance implementation of new dust suppression technologies on dumps and industrial sites, purchase…
DetailsGold production is set to commence in the third quarter of 2018 at the Amulsar gold mine in south-central Armenia, said Lydian International Ltd, the Canadian mining group. Lydian’s management expects mining within the Amulsar project to produce 225,000 gold ounces annually over ten years and reports that it is currently completing construction of the…
DetailsThe state enterprise Vostochniy Mining and Processing Works has ordered Svit Stali LLC the delivery of pig iron and steel valued at 20.97 million UAH. This year the company will supply iron shots at 223450 UAH per ton from Netrika LLC and steel milling balls with the diameter of 60, 80 and 120 mm according…
DetailsAt the meeting on March 29 shareholders of Donetskkoks decided to liquidate the company.
In 2017 Donetskkoks decreased losses 11-fold YoY, to 2.5 million UAH.
Metinvest reported on the threat of losing control over operation of its enterprises in the Russia-seized lands of Donbass, including over Donetskkoks, on March 15, 2017. (Ukrainian metal)