In January-October Interpipe-Steel produced 522 thousand tons of steel, up by 6.3% YoY. According to a company representative, in October steel smelting totaled 58 thousand tons, down from 64 thousand tons in September. On October 28, the works halted its operation for 10 days to carry out scheduled repairs. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsOn November 3, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih witnessed an environment strike. 15 city public organizations went on a strike against AMKR polluting the environment. In response the company said that all its ecological projects for the past 10 years were aimed at the step-by-step replacement of the outdated machinery with more environment-friendly equipment and implementation of…
DetailsChairman of the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection Leonid Yevdochenko has declared owning Zaporizhstal shares, 13.5 thousand euro and $12.5 thousand. In particular, he has a flat in Kiev and a land plot in Kiev region as well as 903 shares of Zaporizhstal. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn November Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works, a part of Metinvest, started producing angles of two new sizes. The products are intended for the local market and are sold through Metinvest-SMC network. 90x90x6 mm and 40x40x3 mm angles are produced according to DSTU 2251-93/GOST 8509-93. They are used in construction and machine building. The first…
DetailsPJSC «MMC «Norilsk Nickel», the largest global nickel and palladium producer, reports that its Board of Directors calls an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders (EGM) on December 16. The Board of Directors has recommended for the EGM approval an interim dividend payment for nine months of 2016 in the amount of 444.25 rubles (approximately $6.95)…
DetailsInterpipe intends to increase its export sales by constructing two more railroad car wheel treatment lines. “Our goal is to increase exports sales: to Europe, USA, Mexico. We would go on investing and increasing our capacities. We have plans for at least two such stages (wheel treatment)”, the company finances and economy director Denis Morozov…
DetailsZaporizhstal calls on the government to create conditions to attract investments into the river transportation infrastructure to efficiently use the river Dnepr potential. According to the company statement, there are 10 river ports along the 1 thousand km of the Dnepr, and yet only 0.5% of the total cargo in Ukraine is transported via rivers.…
DetailsRussian metals giant Norilsk Nickel may issue green Eurobonds to fund a $1.74 billion sulfur dioxide capture project for Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant, Artyom Pozdnyakov, head of the department for organization of financing, reported. Norilsk Nickel will work out plans for the project’s financing next year. “We will look at what instruments will be there. The…
DetailsPJSC «MMC «Norilsk Nickel» has signed the contract on sulfur dioxide capture project for Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant located at the company’s Polar Division with SNC-Lavalin, Canada. The Board of Directors of the company approved of the contract on November 7. The contract is divided into two phases: developing a detailed project design documentation (first phase)…
DetailsIn uranium mining Ukraine has a number of technological and economic advantages that allow it to freely compete with other uranium-mining countries. One of the most important economical indicators of uranium ore mining is the prime cost of the technological processes. If all the factors that constitute the final cost of the uranium ore are…
DetailsThe plant will produce a variety of metal products, among them heavy-duty grids for further production of gabion systems used for prevention and elimination of emergency situations. The projected capacity of the plant will amount to 5,000 tons of metal products per year at the first phase, with its further increase. It is expected that…
DetailsSteel rope and wire producer Silur in Khartsyzsk has been idle since late September. For the past 2 years the production has been stopped a couple of times. Now the employees worry that after the latest halt the operation will not be resumed. During the Silur halt its employees received 2/3 of the wages. The…
DetailsIn January-September Russia produced 2.6 million tons of prefabricated steel construction structures, up by 1.4% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, in September steel structures output went up by 3.7% YoY and by 2.2% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
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