“Downgrading of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use of Kyrgyzstan to an agency will bury the mining industry,” Chairman of the Mining and Metallurgical Trade Union Eldar Tadzhibaev declared. According to him, proposals on creation of an independent Ministry of Energy and the restoration of the State Agency for Geology and Mineral…
DetailsIn January Russia produced 4.15 million tons of pig iron, down by 7.8% YoY (4.715 million tons in December 2018). Ukraine, no longer a part of CIS, decreased pig iron output by 9.6%, to 1.789 million tons (1.832 million tons). Kazakhstan produced 250 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 20.4% (260 thousand tons). All…
DetailsIn 2019 Beringpromugol LLC plans to extract 750 thousand tons of coal in Chukotka. The company will be developing the Fandyushkinskoye field deposit. Last year the company received a license to prospect and extract at the Zapadniy site till September 2038, as well as prolonged its license for the Levoberezhniy site till 2038. In 2018…
DetailsOn March 1 Belarus Iron and Steel Works put into operation a new machine to produce metal cord for bulk and extremely bulk tyres. The GCR machine was assembled in the steel wire shop No. 2. This is the only shop at the company to produce such a cord. It has improved strength because of…
DetailsThe Uralelectromed powder shop has received a new Gecam mill.
The mill processes the surface of wares made of copper powder.
Previously wares were treated manually. The machine will do it 3-4 times faster and is expected to process some 20 to 30 thousand spare parts per month. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko took part in the launch of a continuous casting machine No. 4 of the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. “I was pleased to learn that the company had a sharp increase in wages in the second half of 2018. And the average salary at the enterprise is UAH 18,000 ($670).…
DetailsVerkhovna Rada has approved as a whole the decree to decrease the ferrous scrap shortage on the domestic market by increasing the scrap export duty from 42 euro to 48 euro per ton and prolonging it for three years. 234 members of the Parliament voted in favor of the decree. This is the third decree.…
DetailsCherepovets Iron and Steel Works has been smelting steel for 10 years. On March 1, 2009, the converter shop, electric arc furnace shop and limestone-dolomite shop were united into the steel-smelting manufacture. In 10 years the combined output of converter and electric steel exceeded 110 million tons. In 2018 the company produced 9.9 million tons.…
DetailsThis year Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) intends to actively sell scrap and outdated cars and earn some 2 billion UAH. Since late 2018 Ukrzaliznytsia has started selling scrap via the Prozorro.Sales program. At that time the company put its first four lots for sale with the combined initial cost of 260 million UAH. In January the…
DetailsThe bar rolling shop No. 2 of the Uzbekistan Iron and Steel Works is finishing the project to organize manufacture of carbon steel rolled wire. The main machinery has already been assembled at the mill-300. Commissioning is scheduled for April 15. As the result of the project the company will be able to produce rolled…
DetailsIn February Zaporizhstal increased steel output by 3.7% YoY, to 329.7 thousand tons. Pig iron manufacture grew by 0.7%, to 360.9 thousand tons. At the same time the rolled metal output dropped by 3.5%, to 277 thousand tons. In January-February steel production went up by 0.4% YoY, pig iron dropped by 2.9% and rolled metal…
DetailsThe prices of gold and silver decreased in Azerbaijan on March 1. The price of gold dropped by 9.571 manats, to 2,232.5505 manats per ounce compared to the price on February 28. The price of silver fell by 0.2674 manats, to 26.5122 manats per ounce. At the same time the price of platinum grew by…
DetailsIn 2018, the total financial benefit of the introduction of innovation suggestions at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) amounted to 453.6 million rubles. Last year, MMK’s expert commission considered 5,792 proposals, of which 3,872 (66.8%) were selected as innovative ideas to be implemented. Traditionally, most of the ideas submitted addressed the issues of…
DetailsEarnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of pipe producer TMK increased by 9% QoQ, to $179 million, while revenue grew by 5%, to $1.264 billion in October-December 2018, as calculated under International Financial Reporting Standards. The gross profit rose by 1%, to $224 million, while the EBITDA margin remained unchanged at 14%, it…
DetailsThe meeting of the coordinating council of Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) and TMK was held in Magnitogorsk. The representatives of both companies reviewed their joint work in 2018 and discussed future collaboration. According to the results of 2018, 504,600 tons of MMK’s flat steel products were shipped to TMK’s pipe mill. This represents…
DetailsThailand has lifted a special protective duty it imposed on imports of Russian alloyed hot-rolled steel, the Economic Development Ministry said. “Alloyed hot-rolled steel from Russia now has access to the Thai markets. The kingdom has submitted a notification on conclusion of revision of the protective measures to the World Trade Organization,” the statement read.…
DetailsIn 2018, MMK Group’s financial contributions to charitable causes and new social programs increased by 11% YoY, reaching nearly 2.5 billion rubles. MMK allocated over 1.6 billion rubles to charitable and social projects. A key aspect of MMK’s and the group subsidiaries’ social programs is the encouragement of social activities aimed at improving the health…
DetailsNLMK Group, a global steel company, will be hosting a Capital Markets Day in London on March 4. The company will present its new development Strategy 2022 and hold a Q&A session with investors. NLMK Group will be represented by Marjan Oudeman, Independent Member of the Board of Directors, Oleg Bagrin, Member of the Board…
DetailsThe Belarusian news outlet Naviny reported on companies that were behind Russian coal supplies from Belarus to Ukraine, as was earlier reported that Ukraine last year boosted imports of anthracite coal from Belarus, which was not mined there. According to the publication, mainly lean coal originating from the Kiyzassky open-pit mine, managed by businessman Dmitry…
DetailsA new warehouse of Severstal Distribution has been opened in the city of Naberezhniye Chelny. Its main customers will be the machine-building and construction companies. “Last year Severstal Distribution increased sales in the Privolzhye Federal District, by 25% YoY, to 200 thousand tons. Four subsidiaries were selling metal – in Kazan, Samara, Nizhniy Novgorod and…
DetailsKuzbassrazrezugol has successfully passed a certification for the correspondence to the international standard ISO 50001. The certificate has been awarded to the company and all of its subsidiaries. The implementation of the energy management system began in 2015. Kuzbassrazrezugol also has the certificates of ISO 9001, ISO 140001 and OHSAS 18001. The new certificate is…
DetailsKoksokhimmontazh has started constructing above ground structures to implement coal charge stamping at the coke over battery No. 5 of Altai-Koks. According to the new technique, the charge will be loaded into the coke oven not from above, but horizontally as a briquette. This year 12 objects will be built at the site. “The technique…
DetailsBeloretsk Iron and Steel Works has confirmed the quality certificates for its wire and rebars used to reinforce ferroconcrete structures. The Mosstroysertifikatsia specialists have checked the manufacturing technique, the machinery condition and participated in testing samples of the products. The certificates have been issued for 3 years with annual confirmation. BMK has been cooperating with…
DetailsSeverstal-Vtorchermet has carried out an investment project to construct a new machine – a press to make briquettes of metal shavings at the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. Investments in the project totaled 150 million rubles. The construction began in Q1 2018. The machinery was supplied by ATM, Austria. The machine will reach its design…
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