Zaporizhstal has finished constructing the blast furnace No. 3. According to the company CEO Rostislav Shurma, 12 thousand tons of metal structures have been constructed at the site, as well as 12 thousand cubic meters of concrete were poured. “That’s like 2 Eiffel Towers or 4 Great Pyramids of Gyza together. And all has been…
DetailsDneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine has started producing sinter.
“The sinter shop has put into operation three sintering machines (No. 7, 8 and 10). The output of sinter totaled 14 thousand tons”, the company said.
Rotary kiln No. 1 in the converter shop has also been put into operation. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June the only primary aluminum manufacturer in Ukraine – Zaporozhye Aluminum Works – received 227.661 million UAH of net profit against the net losses of 281.994 million UAH in H1 2016.
The company net profit totaled 15.456 million UAH.
Other earnings reached 224.67 million UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
On July 23, the second bulk carrier delivered 75,000 tons of South African anthracite to Yuzhny Port. The new batch will help DTEK continue to build up coal stocks at its TPPs and ensure stable power supply in Ukraine. At present, the ship unloading is underway and will take three or four days. The anthracite…
DetailsPJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih respects the right of the company employees to publicly express their point of view. Management of PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has reviewed the notification about the strike of employees of Underground Mining Department (mines) of Mining Department planned for July 26. The company administration emphasizes that the declared strike is illegal,…
DetailsOn July 17 Belozerskoye Mine Group made its contribution to Ukraine’s energy independence by mining 1 million tons of coal. At present coal is mined at two long faces. In 2016 the company spent 50 million UAH on purifying machinery, and in H1 investments totaled 117 million UAH. The average daily coal output is 5140…
DetailsIn January-June Zaporizhstal consumed 85 million cubic meters of gas, down by 2.5% YoY. This has been achieved thanks to manufacture efficiency increase and expenses decrease. “We used to consume 85 million cubic meters per month, now that’s the half a year results. But we are still working on decreasing gas consumption”, the company CEO…
DetailsIn June Ukraine imported $14.2 million worth of manganese ore.
According to the State Fiscal Service, the main supplier of ore was Ghana ($7.927 million).
In January-June Ukraine imported $76.595 million worth of manganese ore, while exports reached $1.643 million. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June Russia increased raw and semi-raw gold, as well as powder output by 7.4% YoY.
According to the official statistics, June output increased by 10.5% YoY and by 50.7% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
In July Druzhkovka Machine-Building Works, a part of Corum Group, finished manufacturing and supplied 8 trolleys and 3 locomotives to Vorkutaugol. The machines will be used to transport people and cargo in mines. This is not the first order – Vorkutaugol mines have been receiving trolleys and locomotives since 2013, with the latest delivery occurring…
DetailsKinross Gold is preparing to start developing the Moroshka and Sentyabrskoye deposits in Chukotka. Moroshka reserves are estimated at 6.86 tons of gold and 60-70 tons of silver, enough for 2 years. Kinross Gold started operating at the Kupol deposits in 2008, and the Dvoynoy deposits are being developed since 2013. The combined reserves at…
DetailsIn 2017 Yakutugol plans to invest some 3.5 billion rubles into technical revamp of its subsidiaries. According to the manufacture director Ivan Tsepkov, investments will grow 3.5-fold YoY. This year the group has already purchased three Liebherr R9200 excavators, two Uralmash excavators and three KamAZs for its Neryungrinsky open-pit. Jebariki-Haya pit will receive equipment and…
DetailsIn January-June Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works increased sales of its premium products by 5.5% YoY. In particular, BMK sold 237 thousand tons of metal wares, up by 1% YoY. Wire, rods, sections and ropes showed the increase of 2.6-fold. Sales of steel mesh and structural shapes increased by 42% and by 34% respectively. Steel…
DetailsAfter almost 4 months of idleness Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine, a part of the Industrial Union of Donbass Corporation, has put into operation two of its blast furnaces. According to a company representative, the blast furnace No. 1M started operating on July 22, and BF9 on July 23. In several days the works will…
DetailsIn May Donetsk region decreased pig iron output by 21.7% YoY, steel – by 18.4% and rolled metal – by 24.9%. Pig iron output in January-May dropped by 13.5% YoY, to 3.4 million tons, steel – by 6.4%, to 3.5 million tons, and rolled metal – by 7.9%, to 1.9 million tons. Despite the decrease…
DetailsIn August Ukrainian metal companies intend to produce 1.7 million tons of steel. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, pig iron output is forecast at 1.4 million tons and rolled metal – at 1.6 million tons. For July Ukrmetallurgporm forecasts were: steel – 1.7 million tons, pig iron – 1.6 million tons, rolled metal – 1.4 million tons.…
DetailsThe Splav Corporation has shipped the first 30 kits of safety relief valves to Altaiwagon in advance. By December the corporation will have to supply over 200 kits of valves for new railroad cars. “One of our main goals is not only manufacture in time, but in advance. The valve manufacture is a separate production…
DetailsThe extraction of energy and coking coal in Ukraine in January-June decreased by 2.9% YoY, to 18.4 million tons, the press service of the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry reported. According to the report, 2.37 million tons of the total volume of coal was extracted at state-owned mines, where the overall coal production for…
DetailsHead of the government Bakytzhan Sagintayev has visited LLP “KAZ Minerals Bozshakol”, which mines and extracts copper ore. The enterprise was designed to extract 30 million tons of ore per year, to produce 100,000 tons of copper concentrates, and 120,000 ounces of gold concentrates within the first 10 years. 1,032 people work here. Today, the…
DetailsVSMPO-Avisma and OAK-Zakupki LLC have concluded long-term contracts on delivery of aluminum and titanium products for major Russian aviation industry enterprises. Avisma will be supplying aluminum alloys wares till 2019 and titanium alloys wares by 2020. All the metal will be delivered to the United Aircraft Building Corporation, which includes among others Sukhoi and Irkut…
DetailsKarabashmed has started assembling the automated copper pouring machinery. To transport copper ingots to the warehouse a new turnover device and roller table will be constructed. The new machinery will be tested in early autumn, after that the whole metallurgical shop will be shut down for repairs. All the modernization work is expected to be…
DetailsThe Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works sintering factory has resumed operation. According to the company technical director Konstantin Nesvet, in the first day the factory produced 2 thousand tons of sinter and kept putting sintering machines into operation. DMK has also put its blast furnace N1M into operation, as all the raw materials have been…
DetailsThe state enterprise Mirnogradugol (Donetsk region) has signed an agreement with the individual entrepreneur Shapko I. M. on the transportation services valued at 199.99 thousand UAH. For the past year Shapko has received orders only from Mirnogradugol, in particular it has signed 5 agreements valued at 998 thousand UAH. Four of these were just 0.01…
DetailsEnergomashspetsstal has started manufacturing a new batch of billets for Eltech (Poland). The order will be carried out under the contract concluded with Zaklad Mechaniczny ELTECH sp.z.o.o in 2011. The company will supply 12 rolls with the total weight of 90.2 tons. The rolls to be used in the construction of electric machines will be…
DetailsThis year Uzbekistan will additionally buy 50 thousand tons of rolled metal and 20 thousand tons of raw materials. The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoev has signed a decree “On measures to provide for additional needs of the republic in ferrous rolled metals and metallurgical raw materials”. Uzbekistan Temir Yullari (state railroad company) will import…
DetailsMetalloinvest Cyprus Ltd. intends to sell 28.38 million ADR of Norilsk Nickel, or 1.79% of the total stock.
These are all Metalloinvest shares in Nornickel.
In 2016 Metalloinvest sold 1.4% of Nornickel shares for $341.7 million. (Ukrainian metal)