In September Russia exported 133.3 thousand tons of ferrous scrap to Belarus via railroad.
According to the Russian Railways statistics, this is up by 4.7% YoY.
In January-September scrap exports grew by 6.3%, to 1.08 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In September direct deliveries of rolled steel and pipes to Russian enterprises manufacturing metal structures totaled 53 thousand tons.
According to the railroad statistics, this is down by 27% YoY.
In January-September deliveries reached 547.9 thousand tons, down by 12.3% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-September Elgaugol mined some 3.9 million tons of coal, up by 28% YoY.
The volume of the rock transported reached 8 million cubic meters, up by 12%.
1.9 million tons of coal were processed, up by 17%.
The sales totaled 2.7 million tons, up by 36.2%. (Ukrainian metal)
The department of the Russian Natural Surveillance Agency in Zabaikalye region has approved the state environmental expertise of the design documentation of the “Udokan Mining and Processing Works. First Stage” project. The first stage of construction envisages the manufacture of 12 million tons of ore per year. According to the expertise, Udokan fully meets all…
DetailsThe processing factory of the Kola Iron and Steel Company is assembling a new spiral, double-section classifier. The classifier is used to divide ore in water according to size and density. The crushed ore is transferred to the classifier tank from the ball mill. The advantage of the new classifier is that its tank is…
DetailsUntil the end of the year Electrozinc will liquidate its non-operating lead manufacture.
A part of the freed space will be used to construct a new electrolysis shop.
Investments in the project will exceed 100 million rubles.
The sinter department of the lead manufacture, operating since 1963, was shut down in 2012. (Ukrainian metal)
Zagorsky Pipe Works has finished the re-certification procedure according to EN 10219-1.
The certificate confirms the company right to supply its pipes to the countries working with the European system of pipe certification.
The certificate is valid until October 2019.
ZTZ received its first EN 10219-1 certificate in 2016. (Ukrainian metal)
Yakutugol has finished delivering coal from its Djebariki-Khaya pit due to the wrap up of the summer navigation season.
In May-October the company shipped 307 thousand tons of coal.
The shipping plan has been exceeded by 2%.
Coal has been shipped by Yakutia rivers to 14 northern and central settlements. (Ukrainian metal)
Prices of gold, silver and palladium decreased in Azerbaijan on October 10, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold dropped by 2.805 manats, to 2,022.456 manats per ounce on October 10 compared to the price on October 9. The price of silver fell by 0.0504 manats, to 24.4568 manats…
DetailsThe Ministry of Finance and the State Committee of Uzbekistan on Privatization, Demonopolization and Development of Competition left the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine with full net profit for 2017. Last year the combine earned 124 billion soums of net profit. Of this money, 88.2% (state share) – 109.4 billion soums – were decided to…
DetailsTajikistan needs some $500 thousand to complete the prospecting works at the Kurgovad deposit. The deposit has large resources of alumina, the main raw material for the manufacture of aluminum. The project aims among other thing at “solving current economic and social issues of development of Tajikistan, mastering the manufacture of competitive products to replace…
DetailsUral Mining and Metallurgical Company has attracted a debut syndicated loan of EUR 100 million. The loan has been provided by a pool of European banks: Raiffaisen Bank International AG, Raiffaisenbank, Rosbank and Societe Generale. The 3-year loan is structured as a classical re-export financing secured by the future supplies of copper and other export…
DetailsSSM-Tyazhmash has produced a steel ladle, a loading chute and a platform to transport chutes for Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. The chute has the volume of 100 cubic meters and weighs 78.3 tons, while the platform has the length of 15.1 meters, the lifting capacity of 189 tons and weighs 51 tons itself. By…
DetailsU.K.-based mining giant Evraz, which operates mainly in Russia, has started a $60-million expansion of a rail wheel production at its subsidiary Evraz Nizhny Tagil Metallurgical Plant (Evraz NTMK) by 78,000 units per year, Evraz said in a statement. The company plans to launch two fully automated lines for full section manufacturing of rail wheels…
DetailsIn September Dneprospetsstal decreased steel output by 7.9% MoM, to 19343 tons.
According to the company statement, rolled metal manufacture decreased by 5.7%, to 13.229 thousand tons.
In January-September steel output dropped by 2.3% YoY, to 188.151 thousand tons, and that of rolled metal – by 0.9%, to 125.588 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has finished the scheduled repair of the blast furnace No. 7. According to the company statement, as a result the pig iron output increased to 16 thousand tons per day, and will have further increased to 17 thousand tons by mid-October. Investments in the repair totaled 240 million UAH. The repair started…
DetailsIn January-September Ferrexpo Plc, controlling Poltava and Yeristovo Mining and Processing Works, produced 7.756 million tons of pellets, up by 1.3% YoY. In 9 months the company produced 7.257 million tons of pellets with the iron content of 65% and 484.57 thousands tons with the iron content of 62%. In July-September pellets output grew by…
DetailsDeputy Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Anatoliy Korzun says the Cabinet of Ministers has allocated UAH 136 million ($4.8 million) in wages for the country’s miners. “The government has signed a resolution on the allocation of UAH 136 million to pay off wage arrears for miners. Now the last conciliation procedures are underway. I…
DetailsIn January-August Russia exported 2.12 million tons of aluminum and alloys, up by 14.8% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, in summer the exports were steadily growing: in June Russia exported 240 thousand tons of aluminum, in July – 300 thousand tons, up by 2.8% MoM, and in August – 423.3 thousand tons, up…
DetailsIn September direct deliveries of rolled steel to the enterprises manufacturing ferroconcrete structures as well as housing-construction companies totaled 14.2 thousand tons.
According to the railroad statistics, this is down by 5.9% YoY.
In January-September delivery dropped by 31.3% YoY, to 133.6 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Direct railroad deliveries of rolled metal to major servicing metal centers, which specialize in the manufacture of metal wares, totaled 148.7 thousand tons.
According to the railroad statistics, this is down by 15.1% YoY.
In 9 months deliveries grew by 1.2% YoY, to 1.7 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In September the delivery (including imports) of steel products (rolled metal and pipes) to the warehouses of the major trading companies and networks totaled 0.85 million tons.
According to the railroad statistics, this is down by 14.3% YoY.
In January-September deliveries reached 8.04 million tons, down by 2.5% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
By the decision of the Arbitrary Court of the Stavropol region, StavStal LLC has been declared bankrupt. The company was founded in 2010. In July 2014 it commissioned the first stage of the works – the shop to produce steel rebars with the capacity of 350 thousand tons per year. In September 2016 it opened…
DetailsNLMK Group has embarked on a project to implement stamp-charging technology at an operating coke oven battery at Altai-Koks, a leading Russian manufacturer of metallurgical coke. This project, which is worth a total of 3.3 billion rubles, will boost coke quality and reduce the cost of its production, and improve the environmental footprint of operations.…
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