Tajikistan is very interested in close cooperation with Azerbaijan in the production and further export of aluminum, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan Nematullo Hikmatullozoda declared.
In particular, Tajikistan is interested in using the transit potential of Azerbaijan for the export of Tajik aluminum, Hikmatullozoda added. (Trend/Ukrainian metal)
The Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman has approved the appointment of the new state enterprise Pervomayskugol CEO. The previous acting director Artur Mirumyan was fired by the order of the energy minister Igor Nasalik on August 7. The new director will be presented to the employees after the relevant order is signed. The reason…
DetailsIn January-July Ukraine decreased coke and coal char export 8.7-fold YoY, to 17.663 thousand tons, valued at $4.741 million, down 6.4-fold. According to the State Fiscal Service, the main customers were Russia (45.59%), Belarus (32.05) and Romania (13.79%). In 7 months Ukraine imported 576.959 thousand tons of coke and coal char, down by 26.3% YoY,…
DetailsLast year Primorskugol LLC received 871 million rubles of net profit, up 5-fold YoY (163 million rubles).
In 2015 the company net profit reached 1.27 billion rubles.
Revenue in 2017 grew by 21% YoY, to 6.304 billion rubles.
Coal output increased by 4.5%, to 3.6 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 Yekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works will continue developing new types of products for Russian and foreign car and electronics manufacturers. Some products will be unique for Russia. In particular the company is developing the wire and electrodes of iridium and its alloys. The company is also working on the thermocouple wire made of…
DetailsIn August the market expects the prices of metal wares to increase. In particular, bolts and screws will become 5% more expensive, nuts – 2-5%, and rivets – 2%. The price of studs with zinc coating and the diameter of 16 mm will grow by 8%, while of M12 stud by 2%. M16 studs without…
DetailsThe Kristall Non-Ferrous Metallurgy Works, situated in the North Osetia, will be restored by S7 Group. The works used to be the only producer of the vacuum cooper in the country. The operation of the works started in 1967. All the machinery has been retained since the suspension of operations in 2012. Moreover the specialists…
DetailsIn January-June Severstal – Bar Works Balakovo produced over 450 thousand tons of steel, up by 34% YoY. The company also increased bars output by 27%, to 400 thousand tons. Sales volumes reached 400 thousand tons. Domestic market accounted for 94% of the purchases. The rest was exported. The widening of the sales market (to…
DetailsIn July Zlatoust Electrometallurgical Works produced 5508 tons of liquid steel. The vacuum arc remelting site overfulfilled its target by 5%. The main products were stainless nickel-containing alloys and corrosion-resistant steel without nickel. The rolling shop produced 2824 tons of metal. In particular, the mill-400 produced 998 tons and bar mill-280 – 226 tons. (Ukrainian…
DetailsEvraz NTMK has put into operation a new ball-rolling mill to produce balls with the diameter of 60 to 120 mm of the highest – the fifth – hardness group, previously only manufactured abroad. The mill is situated in the rail and beam shop. The total length of the manufacturing line is 300 meters. There…
DetailsRussia’s president Vladimir Putin does not plan an extraordinary meeting with business representatives to discuss the situation in the industry, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov reported. “No such meetings have been scheduled yet because the president has not approved any decision. The president agreed that the issue should be considered by the government’s experts,” he said.…
DetailsUkraine increases coal purchasing from Russia despite the public anti-Russian mood of the high-rank officials. In January-June Russia accounted for 63% of coal supplies to Ukraine, the largest volume in the past 4 years. The share of coal in the overall imports reached 6%, while Ukraine has 4% of the world coal reserves. This year…
DetailsIn January-July Ukraine increased the import of manganese ore and concentrate by 1.5% YoY, to 580.98 thousand tons valued at $113.953 million, up by 32%. According to the State Fiscal Service, the main suppliers were Ghana (51.97%), the Republic of South Africa (22.82%) and Russia (15.71%). In 7 months manganese ore and concentrate exports and…
DetailsIn January-July Ukraine increased exports of carbon steel semi-finished products by 15.9% YoY, to 4.011 million tons valued at $1.92 billion, up by 46.7%. According to the State Fiscal Service, the main customers were Italy (33.41%), Turkey (17.74%) and Egypt (17.44%). At the same time Ukraine imported 22.679 thousand tons of semis, up 3.5-fold YoY,…
DetailsIn January-July Ukraine imported 2.771 million tons of aluminum ore and concentrate (bauxites) valued at $109.994 million, up by 6.3%, but down by 1.3% YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, the main suppliers were Guinea (57.99%), Guiana (35.86%) and Brazil (5.48%). In 7 months Ukraine re-exported 45 tons of bauxites valued at $5…
DetailsIn January-July Ukraine imported 891.674 thousand tons of nickel ore and concentrate valued at $43.582 million, up by 13.4% and by 13.5% YoY respectively.
According to the State Fiscal Service, the main suppliers were Guatemala (71.01%) and Indonesia (28.99%).
In 7 months Ukraine neither exported nor re-exported nickel ore and concentrate. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-July Ukraine decreased exports of titanium-containing ores and concentrate by 2.5% YoY, to 344.26 thousand tons, valued at $70.381 million, up by 24.1% YoY According to the State Fiscal Service, the main importers of the products were Turkey (23.65%), the Czech Republic (20.39%) and Russia (13.6%). In 7 months Ukraine imported titanium-containing ore and…
DetailsThe price of coal has more than doubled and amounted to 17,000 tenges in some areas of the East Kazakhstan region. “Its growth for the end user is significantly influenced by railway tariffs and surcharges of intermediary organizations. The main volume of coal for municipal consumers is sold through the commodity exchange,” Kazakh Energy Ministry…
DetailsThe prices of precious metals decreased in Azerbaijan on August 10, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold decreased by 5.015 manats, to 2059.0655 manats per ounce on August 10 compared to the price on August 9. The price of silver went down by 0.097 manats, to 26.1884 manats…
DetailsIn January-July Ukraine decreased exports of iron ore raw materials by 5.3% YoY, to 21.487 million tons valued at $1.623 billion, up by 5%. The main importers were China (20.19%), Poland (14.4%) and Slovakia (13.2%). In 7 months Ukraine imported 9.073 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 95.6% YoY, valued at $617…
DetailsIn January-July Ukraine imported 25.791 thousand tons of ferrous scrap valued at $22.01 million, up by 71.6% and by 57.7% YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, Turkey supplied 71.93% of scrap, Russia – 9.64% and Slovakia – 9.41%. Ukraine also imported 1.12 thousand tons of hot-briquetted iron from Russia valued at $474 thousand,…
DetailsIn January-July Ukraine exported 281.282 thousand tons of ferrous scrap valued at $92.418 million, up by 49.6% and 2.3-fold YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, in July Ukraine exported 10.939 thousand tons of scrap, in June – 19.359 thousand tons, in May – 34.537 thousand tons, in April – 76.331 thousand tons, in…
DetailsIn January-June Russia exported 23.565 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 13.8% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, ferrous metals exports not counting pig iron, ferroalloys, scrap and wastes totaled 15.427 million tons, up by 5.1%. Exports of carbon steel semi-finished products grew by 13.7%, to 8.172 million tons. Flat rolled metal of…
DetailsKazakhstan Electrolysis Works intends to increase primary aluminum manufacture. In 3-5 years the company will continue its work of increasing current strength in electrolytic cells from 320 kA to 340 kA. This will allow producing up to 265 thousand tons of primary aluminum per year. The design capacity of the works is 250 thousand tons…
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