The Mikheyevsky Ore Mining and Processing Plant (Varnensky district, Chelyabinsk region) plans to adopt a three-stage ore grinding technology, which will produce finer ore particles than the existing two-stage crushing equipment. The separation of tiny impregnated copper particles from gangue material is expected to reduce the loss of valuable fractions in tailings and increase the…
DetailsCherepovets Iron and Steel Works has finished reconstruction of the stove No. 2 at the blast furnace No. 5 “Severyanka”. According to the company statement, investments in the project totaled 800 million rubles ($14 million). “The reconstruction will allow increasing temperature to 1250 degrees C, improving the CherMK largest blast furnace efficiency and decreasing coke…
DetailsNLMK Lipetsk, NLMK Group’s flagship production site, has completed guarantee testing of pulverized coal injection (PCI) technology at blast furnace No. 6 (with a capacity of 3.1 million tons per year), and at blast furnace No. 7 (with a capacity of 4.3 million tons per year). Tests confirmed that the equipment had reached design capacity.…
DetailsThe state enterprise Selidovugol has ordered Zakhystprom Trade LL the delivery of mining rescuing equipment valued at 58750 thousand UAH. In particular, this year the company has to deliver the products of Dezega SP (Turkey): 4792 self-rescuers at 9500 UAH apiece and 3961 regenerative charges at 3340 UAH apiece. In June Selidovugol ordered another company…
DetailsThe state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that in November ferrous metals scrap prices will decrease by 3.1% MoM, or by 200 UAH per ton, to 6300 UAH per ton. In October scrap price averaged 6.5 thousand UAH per ton, but because of the low stocks metal companies increased it to 6750 UAH pert tons. Until mid-November…
DetailsIn January-August Russia imported 107.7 thousand tons of steel pipes from Germany, up 11-fold YoY. June saw the record high results in all the history of imports from Germany – 53.7 thousand tons. In May and July imports were also rather considerable – around 25.5 thousand tons. But in August deliveries fell to 0.63 thousand…
DetailsIn January-September Kazakhstan produced 62697 kg of raw gold, up by 16.3% YoY.
According to the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of the national economy, raw silver output totaled 792535 kg, down by 12.5% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in 2017 USA will import 35.9 million tons of steel, up by 20% YoY. Russian companies will contribute the most.
In January-August US imported 24.09 million tons of steel, up by 20.5% YoY.
In particular, Russia supplied 2.12 million tons, up by 65.6% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
Scientists of the National Research Technological University MISiS together with their Canadian colleagues have created a unique titanium – niobium – zirconium alloy – its resilience is identical to that of the human bones. This innovation will allow creating more efficient and practical medical implants. Researchers believe the new alloy will replace the currently used…
DetailsChTPZ has supplied a batch of compressor-pump pipes with the F-3.2 joints to Surgutneftegaz. The pipes have been manufactured at the Pervouralsky Pipe Works. The pipes with the diameter of 73 mm and the wall thickness of 5.5 mm are used in both vertical and slanting shafts. “The ChTPZ group is constantly developing new types…
DetailsJSC “Electrocable “Kolchuginsky Plant” a part of the “Cable Alliance Holding”, integrating UMMC cable assets) mastered the production of silicone rubber insulated control cables NIKI. Unique properties of this innovative material ensures cables’ high fire-resistance designed for broadcasting signals from sensors to control equipment and for remote control of various machinery. Under flame silicone rubber…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has started reconstructing the small bars and sections mill 250-4. After modernization the mill will be able to process 150×150 mm billets and will be the first mill at the works to produce rebars from such billets. One of the advantages of the reconstruction is that it will be possible to manufacture…
DetailsIn Q3 Metalloinvest produced 10 million tons of iron ore concentrate and sinter ore, down by 0.9% QoQ, mostly because of scheduled repairs. Pellets output totaled 6.3 million tons, up by 0.9% QoQ. HBI manufacture dropped by 4.8% QoQ, to 1.7 million tons, because of the repair of HBI complexes Nos. 1 and 2 at…
DetailsRussian metals giant Norilsk Nickel is ready to return to the development of the Bugdainskoye deposit in the Zabaikalsky region if molybdenum prices grow significantly, Sergei Dyachenko, first vice president and chief operating officer, declared. “We have done almost everything we could on the Bugdainskoye deposit. We have a project, a positive conclusion of the…
DetailsUkraine’s coal industry can cover only 71% of the country needs, thus in 2016 Ukraine had to import 17 million tons of coal. Ukraine is an energy dependent country. The coal shortage is compensated for by imports at 27%, gas – 33%, oil and condensate – 19%, oil products – 77%, and nuclear fuel –…
DetailsMetinvest B.V. has started reselling a part of metal manufactured by Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine, which it receives as payment for raw materials, supplied previously and being supplied still. According to Maxim Zavgorodniy, the executive director of ISD, the owner of DMK, the works supplies only a part of its products to clear debts.…
DetailsBlack Iron intends to use loans, including from EBRD, to construct Shimanovskoye Mining and Processing Works. “Recently the bank has decided to invest $350 million into ArcelorMittal Kirviy Rih, which is close to our deposits”, the company said. The first stage of construction presupposes the GOK capacity of 4 million tons per year, and the…
DetailsIn January-September Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Works received 825.92 million rubles of net losses as opposed to 3.529 billion rubles of net profit in 9 months of 2016. According to the company statement, its earnings increased by 7.4%, to 78.686 billion rubles, sales profits dropped from 9.784 billion rubles to 4.75 billion rubles, gross profit –…
DetailsThe new owner of Dneprometiz is now its previous owner, TAS Group owner and ex-vice-prime minister Sergey Tigipko. After the sale by Severstal of its 100% on Dealzone Holding Ltd, owning 98.6% in Dneprometiz, there have been changes in the board of directors. Andrei Ryzhov and Vitaly Palabugin, representing Severstal, resigned. Instead of two more…
DetailsA resident of Min-Kush village died in an old mine in Dzhumgal district of Naryn region, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan reported. According to it, a 61-year-old villager illegally mined coal in the old mine near Ak-Ulak field. The tunnel of the mine collapsed. Rescuers of the Ministry lifted the body from a…
DetailsRussian oil and gas pipe maker TMK expects that the U.S.’ demand for the company’s products will double to around 5 million tons in 2017, Sergei Alekseyev, director for global marketing, reported. “Thanks to the U.S. market recovery demand will be about twice as high as in 2016 and will amount to around 5 million…
DetailsIn January-August Russia exported 5.9 million tons of flat rolled metal, up by 2.56% YoY. This is also the highest volume of exports for the past 7 years. Revenue increased by 51.4%, to $3 billion, the highest in 3 years. The main consumer was Turkey (33.4%, up by 8% YoY), followed by Egypt (6.3%, +133%),…
DetailsNovovolynskaya Mine is the only new mine in Ukraine. Its construction began in early 1980s. As of 2013 it was 87% complete, but the same year construction stopped because of the strike due to the half a year salary debts to builders. The mine had to be commissioned in 2014, but it did not happen.…
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