Dniepropetrovsk region will create a group to monitory environment at ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, the main polluter in the region. The group will control the company management fulfilling its obligations to improve environment. The management promised to create a schedule to determine the amount of funds, which would be spent on environment programs. The group will…
DetailsThe Verkhovna Rada committee on economical development has approved of a draft bill No. 2426 on amendments to some bills on de-shadowing of metal raw materials market and operations with metal scrap. At present some 80% of the scrap market are in the shadow. “With this bill we create the opportunity to bring some 16…
DetailsNorilsk Nickel has connected its two mines under the second stage of the project to construct the Komsomolsky mine. The connection of the Komsomolsky and Skalistiy mines at the depth of 950 meters was carried out by ways of holing-through. According to experts, holing-through is a rare event in capital construction. It will result in…
DetailsChelyabinsk Zinc Works has invested 102 million rubles in a new water-warming plant. The plant is used to provide heating and hot water to administrative and manufacturing buildings. The previous machine had a capacity of 18 Gcal per hour, and the reconstruction allowed increasing it to 60 Gcal per hour. The plant heats water to…
DetailsIn January-November Sverdlovsk Railroad transported 129.1 million tons of cargo, up by 0.7% YoY. In particular, transportation of ferrous metals dropped by 0.6%, to 9.5 million tons, ferrous scrap – by 10.5%, to 2.2 million tons, iron and manganese ore – by 1.9%, to 11.1 million tons and non-ferrous ore – by 5.7%, to 5.7…
DetailsThe third arbitrary court has refused to satisfy the claim of Chek-Su.Vk Company, which has asked to recover 23.5 billion rubles from the authorities of Krasnoyarsk region. The suit was filed in 2017 in order to recover funds spent on the unfinished project to construct Yeniseiskiy Ferroalloys Works on the territory of Krastyazhmash works. The…
DetailsIn January-November Russian Railroads transported 4.53 million containers (TEU), up by 12.2% YoY. Domestic transportation grew by 8.6%, to 1.89 million TEU, transit – by 5.3%, to 521.5 thousand containers, exports – by 12.6%, to 1.16 million TEU and imports – by 24%, to 968.8 thousand containers. In particular transportation of ferrous metals increased by…
DetailsRussia’s aluminum exports increased by 4.1% YoY, to 2.432 million tons in January-October, the Federal Customs Service reported. In monetary terms, aluminum exports rose by 2.9%, to $4.107 billion in the period. Copper exports increased by 5.1%, to 573,100 tons, worth $3.396 billion, down by 2.6%. Nickel exports went up by 7.6%, to 117,500 tons,…
DetailsLebedinsky GOK is carrying out a major project to reconstruct gas-purification system. Instead of scrubbers the company starts using electric filters. This is considered the most efficient method of gas purification by the company. The first filter was assembled in December 2018. At present another filter is being constructed at the charge preparation site to…
DetailsCherepovets Iron and Steel Works is starting construction of the slitting machine. The cost of the investment project is 190 million rubles. The main work will start in Q1 2020. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn November Russian Railroads transported 105.5 million tons of cargo, down by 1.7% YoY. In 11 months transportation dropped by 0.8%, to 1.171 billion tons. In particular, 9.84 million tons of coke and 13.7 million tons of ferrous scrap were transported, down by 3.7% and by 7.5% respectively. At the same time transportation of iron…
DetailsKarelsky 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…
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