Employees of Ak-Tyuz plant fear to hold a strike, the former chairman of the trade union Dokturbek Maychiev announced on August 10. According to him, six people were dismissed illegally, other 36 resigned voluntarily because they were tired of tolerating salary delays. “People are frightened. Those who cannot find another job are silent. They are…
DetailsThe government of Kyrgyzstan has announced the second tender for the right to develop Tuyuk-Kargash coking coal deposit and conduct geological exploration work. The price of the right to use the subsoil is set at not less than 2,498,760 billion soms. One of the requirements for participation in the tender is payment for a short…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih and Transinvestservice stevedoring company (TIS, Odessa region) have opened an indoor transshipment complex for metal goods worth more than $4.5 million at Yuzhny seaport (Odessa region). According to a press release from TIS, the complex includes a warehouse for 7,000 square meters with a capacity of more than 40,000 tons. Its capacity…
DetailsIn industry prices in July increased by 1.8% after a fall of 0.6% in June and 1.3% in May. According to the State Statistics Service, prices increased by 23.3% YoY in July, and by 8% YoY in 7 months. Metallic ore mining prices dropped by 1.3%, in metal manufacture – by 2.1%, at the same…
DetailsThe imposition of EU duties on hot-rolled metal will not affect Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. “At present a minimum price of 473 euro per ton is being discussed. If the price is higher, the duty will not be imposed. This price is ok for us. We’re trading at much higher prices, so the duty…
DetailsIn July the scrap redemption centers increased prices to the highest level in the last 3 years on the background of the world metal prices growth. The most popular metal – 4 mm thick sheet – in just a month increased in price by 26%, to 170 euro per ton, while sheet with the thickness…
DetailsVSMPO-Avisma is carrying out repairs of the etching rooms in press, pipe and bar-rolling shops. The cost of the project is estimated at 40 million rubles. Additional equipment is assembled in the shop No. 3 with 2 etching rooms. The rooms will have a system to measure harmful gases in the air. When the tolerance…
DetailsMetalloinvest has partially paid back the tranche B of the pre-export loan PXF-2017 in advance. According to the company statement, the amount of pay back is $100 million. In 2017 the company signed an agreement with a pool of banks on a $1.05-billion loan with the possibility to increase the limit by $450. PXF-2017 consists…
DetailsAccording to the energy expert Andrey Gerus, in June and July miners were not paid salary. “And that’s in the country where in the tariffs the coal price is the highest in the world – Rotterdam+”, he said. He has asked the Ministry of energy and coal industry and trade unions if they are not…
DetailsIn January-July Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works produced 1.568 million tons of rolled metal, up by 5.7% YoY. Steel output increased by 4.3%, to 1.76 million tons, pig iron – by 2.4%, to 2.262 million tons. In July the company produced 242 thousand tons of rolled metal, 272 thousand tons of steel and 400…
DetailsIn January-June KAZ Minerals produced 118 thousand tons of copper, up by 110% YoY.
Bozshakol and Aktogay yielded the most to the result.
According to forecasts, copper output at Bozshakol in 2017 will double to 95-110 thousand tons, at Aktogay it is expected to increase to 65-85 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-July Amur region obtained 14.4 tons of gold, up by 24% YoY. Ore gold yielded the most – 10.79 tons, with alluvial gold at 3.61 tons, up by 28% and by 14% YoY respectively. The Petropavlovsk Group of Companies is the leader in ore gold. As to alluvial gold, Priisk Solovievsky has so far…
DetailsThe refining department of the chemical-metallurgical shop of Uralelectromed has put into operation a new induction unit to smelt gold into ingots. The cost of the machine is 2.8 million rubles. The Parallel IPT-25-10 unit has been designed at the customer order within the program of outdated machinery modernization and replacement. It can produce 2…
DetailsChelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has received the certificate of compliance with TSI for two of its types of rails. The certification is one of the main conditions to supply rails to the European Union. The certificate covers 60E1 and 60E2 rail sections. These products are in demand in the EU where they are widely…
DetailsThe growing prices on the world market and the weakening of the ruble will be the main reasons for the increase of the metal products price on local market in September. MMK has already informed many of its customers of the price increase in September – by 10-18% on rolled metal, including coated. The seasonal…
DetailsIn January-June the share of metal and metal wares in the total export volumes to the far foreign countries reached 9.9% from 9.8% in H1 2016. The value of the exports increased by 30.8%, while their volume dropped by 3.9%. According to the Federal Customs Service, pig iron exports fell by 15.5%, aluminum – by…
DetailsThe second largest nickel manufacturer in Russia – Ufaleinickel – will stop operating. On August 7 the company shareholders voted for the liquidation of the enterprise. According to Ufaleinickel representative Olga Markina, the process will be long. The board of directors is still looking for investors, but so far there have been no agreements. As…
DetailsLisichanskugol miners have received the promised salary. According to Mikhail Volynets, the chairman of the Independent Miners Union of Ukraine, a meeting took place between Lisichanskugol management and the miners on August 7. The managers promised to find money to clear salary debts (100% of June and April, as well as 80% for July). The…
DetailsAnglo Asian Mining PLC (AAM), a producer of gold, copper and silver in Azerbaijan, plans to start gold production at the Ugur field in the fourth quarter of 2017. The Ugur deposit, which was discovered in 2016, is located three kilometers to the north-west of the company’s main fields. The construction of roads to connect…
DetailsOn August 7 Lvivugol received 14 million UAH for the coal it sold.
According to the department of the fuel-energy complex of the Lviv regional state administration, all the money was spent to pay salary to the miners. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukrainian steelmakers in January-July exported ferrous metals worth $4.749 billion, with their share in the country’s exports at 19.91%, according to the State Fiscal Service (SFS). Exports of metal wares totaled $476.9 million, accounting for 2% of the country’s total exports, the SFS said. Ukraine shipped abroad ferrous metals worth $667.7 million in July alone,…
DetailsVyksa Iron and Steel Works has become a winner in the Russian Railroads competition.
VMZ won in the nomination “Components for the rolling stock and the infrastructure” with railroad wheels made of T-grade steel. The wheels have been developed by VMZ within the cooperation program with the Russian Railroads on quality improvement. (Ukrainian metal)
Energomashspetsstal has shipped a large hammer frame to LASCO Umformtechnick GmbH. The frame with the weight of 61 tons is a part of press-forge machinery. This is not the first hammer frame produced by EMSS for LASCO. So far 14 hammer frames have been shipped to the German customer. The companies have been cooperating for…
DetailsUGMK-Holding and CINF (China) have carried out the fourth round of negotiations on designing and construction of a new zinc electrolysis shop at Electrozinc in the city of Vladikavkaz, which will produce 96 thousand tons of zinc and zinc-aluminum alloy per year. This year Electrozinc will finish the project and design work on construction. “We…
DetailsKarelsky Okatysh has put a new 20-cubic meters EKG-20KM excavator into operation. According to the company statement, the machine will work at the central quarry. It will replace the CAT-6060, the operation of which has been suspended because of the high expenses. The new excavator will dig some 4 million cubic meters of rock per…
DetailsIn January-July DTEK Energo produced 13.4 million tons of gas coal, up by 15.6% YoY. According to the company statement, at present thermal power plants using gas coal operate at the maximum loading. They produce more electricity, increasing fuel consumption. To satisfy the gas coal demand DTEK Energy in 2017 increased investments in mining 1.5-fold,…
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