Azovstal has been actively developing its first stage for the pulverized coal injection system in the blast furnace No. 4, which will allow the company to stop using natural gas and decrease pig iron prime cost by $20 per ton. According to the company CEO Enver Tskitishvili, all the necessary equipment will be supplied by…
DetailsMetinvest Group ranks first among Ukrainian companies that have been included into Central and Eastern Europe TOP-500 list. The companies were ranked by the international audit company Deloitte based on their 2015 consolidated revenues. According to the survey, the majority of CE countries saw economic growth, and the only country whose economy shrank in 2015…
DetailsEnergomashspetsstal has started producing a new ware – Hall’s anchor for various vessels. This is the first time that the works produces such anchors. The first three anchors have already been shipped to the buyer. The 10-ton anchors were tested in the steel shop. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsRussia’s revenue from coal exports fell by 18% YoY to $4.55 billion in January-July, according to the Federal Customs Service. In physical terms, Russia’s coal exports increased by 8.3% to 89.97 million tons. Coal exports to non-CIS countries rose by 9.1% to 84.34 million tons worth $4.21 billion, a 17.6% fall in monetary terms. Coal…
DetailsIn October-November DTEK will receive 70 thousand tons of anthracite from the South African Republic. “We plant to import coal from SAR and Poland. The first batches of gas coal (50 thousand tons) will arrive in the next 2 weeks, and we are expecting 70 thousand tons of anthracite from SAR in late October –…
DetailsWithin the reconstruction of its pelletization factory the Central Mining and Processing Works has completed the first stage of the factory modernization. The company has put the Eirich batch-blending machine into operation. The new equipment costs 15 million UAH. The total investments into the project will reach 61 million UAH. The second stage is the…
DetailsMariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has started modernizing its sheet shop 1700. The shop will receive new equipment and will see some repairs. Investments this year will total 120 million UAH. The company has concluded a contract with Novokramatorsk Machine-Building Works to produce the necessary equipment. NKMZ will produce and deliver 80 million UAH…
DetailsIn January-August Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works decreased natural gas consumption by 29% YoY. “Now the total consumption of the works is less than 32.5 thousand cubic meters per hour”, said the company CEO Yuri Zinchenko, adding that steel smelting grew by 5.4% and pig iron production – by 9.3%. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsZaporizhstal has halted its sintering machine No. 6 to install the new gas-purifying system. “In 45 days the environmental project valued at 870 million UAH will be completed. In early November the sintering factory chimneys will show the result”, said the company CEO Rostislav Shurma. Zaporizhstal started active construction works in mid-August. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn July Russia exported 2.3 million tons of ferrous metal, down by 13% MoM. In January-July ferrous metals exports dropped by 0.5% YoY, to 16.9 million tons. At the same time semi-finished products exports increased by 2% YoY, to 8.5 million tons, with rolled sheet shipping up by 5%, to 5 million tons. Pig iron…
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