The Ministry of ecology, geology and natural resources has signed a memorandum with ArcelorMittal Temirtau to decrease emission by 30% in 2019-2024. The meeting also discussed the environment-protection activities of AMT, implementation of the newest techniques in pollution decrease and purification, as well as measures taken to improve the ecological situation in the Karaganda region.…
DetailsVostochniy Mining and Processing Works in January-September decreased uranium oxide concentrate output by 14.9% YoY, to 684.8 tons. In January 72.6 tons were produced, in February – 93.7 tons, in March – 84.3 tons, in April – 72.9, in May – 52.2, in June – 80, in July – 72.2, in August – 84 and…
DetailsThe rolling capacities of Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works are fully loaded. “We have not shut down the manufacture. We go on producing”, DCH owner Alexander Yaroslavsky declared. According to him, DMZ manufactures wares of semi-finished products purchased on free market. Metinvest is one of the suppliers. As to the blast furnace and steel smelting…
DetailsKrasnobrodskiy Coal Pit of Kuzbassrazrezugol has commissioned a new TEMN-2N-UGMK locomotive manufactured at the Shadrinsk Auto-Aggregate Plant (ShAAZ). “Since 2014 under the program to renovate the locomotive fleet the company has received 16 TEM2-UGMK locomotives modernized at ShAAZ. But this is a new machine. It will be used at the railroad stations of the pit”,…
DetailsIn 2019 Evraz ZSMK decreased dumps into the Konobenikha River by 900 thousand cubic meters YoY. This has become possible thanks to the water-protection program planned for 2017-2022. One of the steps is decreasing fresh river water consumption at the pump and filter station of the rail and beam shop. Previously, the warm used water…
DetailsMikhailovsky Mining and Processing Works has produced a batch of iron ore pellets with improved strength and metal characteristics for Ural Stal. In particular, their fluxing rate is 0.5 and iron content is 62.85%. The pellets were produced of iron ore concentrate obtained by ways of Derrick fine screening. In October Ural Stal received 90…
DetailsPNTZ has finished repairing its electric steel smelting shop Iron Ozon 32. The repaired machinery is expected to improve manufacture efficiency. In particular, a new heat elimination system will increase the intensity of steel manufacture, while continuous casting machines repair will speed up steel ingoting. Iron Ozon 32 is one of the most efficient pipe…
DetailsIn January-September Timan Bauxite, an alumina part of Rusal, mined 2.569 million tons, down by 4.4% YoY. In Q3 978 thousand tons of products were manufactured, up by 5.6% QoQ. Excavation works amounted to 13.446 million cubic meters, up by 6.3% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn August Russia exported 1.8 thousand tons of ferrotitanium, down by 4% MoM, but up by 6.7% YoY. Exports to the Netherlands dropped by 6%, to 1.28 thousand tons, and to Germany – by 13%, to 65.8 tons. Deliveries to China grew inconsiderably, to 270 tons. In January-August ferrotitanium exports totaled 12.9 thousand tons, up…
DetailsAt the headquarters of Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), the Magnitogorsk section of the conference “Best Available Technology in Blast Furnace Production” will take place. The conference was organized by the Russian Steel association, the International Union of Metallurgists and the magazine Eurasian Metals, with support from the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.…
DetailsNLMK Lipetsk, the flagship site of NLMK Group, has started commercial deliveries of S500MC and S550MC high-strength HRC (yield strength 500 and 550 MPa) to the Russian market. These steel products are used in the manufacture of dump truck bodies, scrap trucks, truck chassis, cranes and other special purpose machinery. The use of high-strength steel…
DetailsThe supervisory board of Dneprospetsstal has removed three members of the board and appointed 4 new instead. According to the company press-service, Alexander Panchenko, Sergey Kasyan and Yuliya Deyeva are no longer part of the board. At the same time, from October 23 Andrey Katerusha, deputy chairman on economic safety, Maxim Zinovkin, personnel director, Sergey…
DetailsSince the start of the year Yuzhniy Kuzbass has extracted 1 million tons of coal at the Olzherasskiy pit. At present the company operates at two licensed sites – Berezovskiy and Berezovskiy-2. 9 excavators, 3 boring machines, 7 bulldozers, 2 graders as well as 23 BelAZ quarry dump trucks of various lifting capacities are used.…
DetailsSolway Investment Group, owner of Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant, is closely watching the situation with the ban of nickel ore exports from Indonesia. “So far the information from Indonesia has been controversial. We are closely watching the situation with the temporary halt of nickel ore exports and taking steps to increase purchases from other countries. For…
DetailsMetinvest Group intends to remain a stable player on the European steel market. “We are working on a business model to let us become a consistent player and diversify sales between various regions to focus on our main consumer markets”, the group sales director Dmitriy Nikolayenko declared. “Metinvest is the manufacturer with low expenses and…
DetailsIzhstal has capitally repaired its hydraulic shearing press. The stable operation of the machinery will provide the electric arc steel shop with quality raw materials. The capacity of the Metso Lindemann shearing press is 29 to 64 tons per hour depending on the type of scrap. The specifically prepared scrap is then used to produce…
DetailsCorum Group has concluded a new agreement with one of the largest potassium fertilizers manufacturers in the world – Belaruskaliy. The company has ordered 16 innovative transformer substations. “These substations are more powerful, while at the same time being more efficient. We used to produce 6 kW transformer substations. The new substations have the capacity…
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