The department of the Environment service in Chelyabinsk region has suspended the license for Nikprom LLC air pollution because of its violation. During an inspection of the company that produces aluminum, the experts have found out that the enterprise has been exceeding the limits of pollution. As a result the company license has been suspended.…
Details“Extrusion Techniques and Structures” LLC intends to become a resident of the Kaluga special economic zone. The company intends to create aluminum manufacture with the capacity of 7 thousand tons per year. The products will be used in car manufacture and construction. The enterprise will be commissioned in 2020. Investments will reach 1.26 billion rubles.…
DetailsVysochaishiy has signed an agreement with Lanta-Bank to sell it 1769 kg of gold and 509 kg of silver this year. The estimated cost of the deal is 4.8 billon rubles. In January-November 2018 the company extracted 3826.9 kg of gold at its deposits. Its JORC reserves in Irkutsk region and the Republic of Sakha…
DetailsIn 2018 the East Mining Company extracted 7.5 million tons of coal, up by 3.3 million tons YoY.
Sales also totaled 7.5 million tons, up 1.5-fold.
In 2019 the company plans to sell some 10 million tons of coal. (Ukrainian metal)
The Federal Antimonopoly Service will check the reasoning behind the increase of the drilling pipe prices. In particular, FAS will investigate the increase of the price of pipe and metal purchased by oil companies. Russian metal and pipe prices follow world trends with a slight delay. In January-July the market witnessed a rise of hot-rolled…
DetailsUnder an investment program to run for 8 years VSMPO-Avisma intends to spend $700 million. According to the company CEO Mikhail Voyevodin, the reconstruction of the pipe-section and bar manufacture will absorb the most funds. “For the past 10 years we have been paying attention to flat rolled metal and stampings, while the shop No.…
DetailsMoody’s has increased Metinvest B.V. rating to B3 with stable outlook. According to the experts, the company rating reflects its integrated business model. In H1 2018 Metinvest provided itself with 287% of iron ore, 145% of coke and 38% of coking coal. The agency has also taken into account the debt refinancing of $2.271 billion…
DetailsUkrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) has started selling scrap via ProZorro.Sales system.
4 lots with the initial price of 260 million UAH have already been registered.
The auction is scheduled for January 11, 2019. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 Moldova Iron and Steel Works steel output exceeded 500 thousand tons.
Despite all the difficulties the company has been able to increase wages to its employees on average by 25%.
Investments in development grew 5-fold.
The company has constructed a warehouse and started modernization of the scrap complex. (Ukrainian metal)
The new director of the Novovolynskaya Mine No. 9 Pavel Tanchev intends to clear salary debts and improve labor conditions. He also wants to implement a new development plan. In particular, he told the employees that the mine would not be closed, but developed. He also assured the personnel that the salary would soon be…
DetailsThe systems of the environment management at ChTPZ and PNTZ have been named efficient. SAI Global carried out the audit at ChTPZ and TUV Rheinland – at PNTZ. This year ChTPZ has started a large-scale project on the construction of the wastewater purifying facilities. Investments total 600 million rubles. PNTZ is also modernizing its water…
DetailsIn January-November the Republic of Buryatia extracted 784.3 tons of uranium, up by 26% YoY. In 11 months of 2017, 580.3 tons of uranium were mined. Khiagda is developing 2 uranium deposits in the republic. By 2020 it intends to have commissioned another deposit. And after that it will start developing 4 more deposits. (Ukrainian…
DetailsIn January-November Kazakhstan mined 265.4 billion tenge worth of iron ore, up by 18.4% YoY. Kostanay region accounted for 87% (231.3 billion tenge), up by 16.8% YoY. Karaganda region comes second with 10.5% (27.7 billion tenge), up by 20.3%, followed by Akmola region with 1.2% (3.2 billion tenge), up by 28%. Kazakhstan holds the second…
DetailsAccording to Uzmetkombinat investment program for 2019, the construction of the casting and rolling plant with the capacity of 1 million tons of rolled metal per year will cost $50.6 million. The overall cost of the construction is $461.1 million. The project will be financed by Gazprombank and other foreign banks. The plant will produce…
DetailsIn November Russia produced 4.04 million tons of pig iron, down by 9.1% YoY (4.175 million tons in October). In 11 months the output totaled 47.025 million tons, down by 0.9%. Ukraine, though no longer a part of CIS, decreased pig iron output by 9.6% YoY, to 1.642 million tons in November (1.785 million tons),…
DetailsThe Severniy-Glubokiy mine of Kola Iron and Steel Company has carried out the first stage of rock mining to the depth of 440 meters. The cost of the project is 2 billion rubles. The new horizon will be in development at least until 2050. The construction of the mine started in 2001. It reached its…
DetailsIn November ore transportation via railroad grew by 7.4% YoY, to 10.1 million tons, having set a record for the month. In January-November railroad transported 106.4 million tons of ore, up by 5.7% YoY. Local transportation grew by 5%, while exports by 10%. The main export markets were Germany and Slovakia (up 2.5-fold), as well…
DetailsGazprom accounted for 58% of the market of the large diameter pipes in 2018. The share of Transneft was 14%. In 2018 Gazprom announced the purchase of 3.006 million tons of LDP valued at 252 billion rubles. Of this amount 1.669 million tons at 140 billion rubles have been purchased. Zagorsky Pipe Works concluded contracts…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has put into operation a complex of the closed cooling of the used converter gas at three converters (Nos. 4, 5, 6). The cost of the project is 192 million UAH. As a result of the project the consumption of the chemically purified and de-aerated water for evaporation will decrease from 672…
DetailsIn January-November Ferrexpo exported 9.36 million tons of iron ore pellets. In particular, its Poltava GOK exported 7 million tons of pellets, and Yeristovo GOK – 2.36 million tons. Karelsky Okatysh (Russia) exported 4.958 million tons of pellets. Metinvest exported 4.894 million tons, including 2.074 million tons from Central GOK and 2.82 million tons from…
DetailsThe Cabinet of Ministers has given 3 land plots with the total size of 149.99 ha of the Korosten wood enterprise in Zhitomir region to the United Mining and Chemical Company to mine titanium ore. The size of the plots is 113.4 ha, 19.6 ha and 16.95 ha. According to the accompanying note to the…
DetailsAs a result of the installation of 2.2 thousand energy efficient LED-lamps, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works will be able to save some 60% of electricity. In particular, the company will save 7.2 million kW-h valued at 11.3 million UAH and decrease CO2 emissions by 6440 tons. The project has been carried out by…
DetailsThe Cabinet of Ministers has approved the financial plan of the United Mining and Chemical Company for 2018. The net income is expected to total 3.6 billion UAH (2.855 billion UAH in 2017), and net profit – 462.85 million UAH (443.71 million UAH). In January-September UMCC decreased net profit by 27.8% YoY, to 423.07 million…
DetailsIn 2018 Zaporizhstal increased the shipping of its metal products via river transport to 674 thousand tons from 573 thousand tons last year. The key customers are Turkey, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Serbia. Zaporizhstal resumed partnership with the Zaporozhye River Port in October 2012. Since then it has shipped some 3.7 million tons of metal by…
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